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@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ I've noticed this with the debian package version 3.20100102.3~bpo50+1.
Perhaps it is possible to improve this or mention it in the manual page?
--prosper
+
+> --rebuild causes ikiwiki to throw away all its info about what it built
+> before, so it will never clean up pages that have been removed, by any
+> means. Suggest you do a --refresh, possibly followed by a --rebuild
+> if that is really necessary. --[[Joey]]