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diff --git a/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn b/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn index 89114d7a2..82c5bc0e0 100644 --- a/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn @@ -165,3 +165,44 @@ I setup ikiwiki on a fedora 10 machine and I am using apache as my http server. > ikiwiki respects the umask, so if your umask is one that causes things to > be group writable, they will by. If you want to override that, there is > also a `umask ` setting in your setup file. --[[Joey]] + +---- + +/etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup tries to get abs_path of a non-existent "repository" path, and that doesn't work in my perl: + +[mort@localhost ~]$ perl -e 'use Cwd q{abs_path}; print abs_path("/var")' +/var[mort@localhost ~]$ perl -e 'use Cwd q{abs_path}; print abs_path("/abcde")' +[mort@localhost ~]$ + +Because of this, /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup fails: + +$ ikiwiki -setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup +What will the wiki be named? wiki +What revision control system to use? git +What wiki user (or openid) will be admin? mort + + +Setting up wiki ... +internal error finding repository abs_path +/etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup: failed to set up the repository with ikiwiki-makerepo + +usage: ikiwiki [options] source dest + ikiwiki --setup configfile +$ perl -v + +This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i386-linux-thread-multi +(with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) + +Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall + +Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the +GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. + +Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on +this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the +Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. + +$ + +Can't ikiwiki's "make test" perhaps test for this, so that one knows something will go wrong? +-- Ivan Z. |