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| -rw-r--r-- | IkiWiki.pm | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm index 81c9a92f4..4e4da11c5 100644 --- a/IkiWiki.pm +++ b/IkiWiki.pm @@ -520,7 +520,11 @@ sub loadplugin ($) { #{{{ foreach my $dir (defined $config{libdir} ? possibly_foolish_untaint($config{libdir}) : undef, "$installdir/lib/ikiwiki") { if (defined $dir && -x "$dir/plugins/$plugin") { - require IkiWiki::Plugin::external; + eval { require IkiWiki::Plugin::external }; + if ($@) { + my $reason=$@; + error(sprintf(gettext("failed to load external plugin needed for %s plugin: %s"), $plugin, $reason)); + } import IkiWiki::Plugin::external "$dir/plugins/$plugin"; $loaded_plugins{$plugin}=1; return 1; diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 423ce12ed..f493eb3c2 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ikiwiki (2.64) UNRELEASED; urgency=low external dependency and is not commonly used. If you use otl, make sure you explicitly enable it now. * goodstuff: Add more, progress, and table plugins to the bundle. + * Improve error message if external plugin fails to load. Closes: #498458 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:21:20 -0400 |