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Ikiwiki creates a .ikiwiki directory in my wikiwc working directory. Should I
"svn add .ikiwiki" or add it to svn:ignore?

> `.ikiwiki` is used by ikiwiki to store internal state. You can add it to
> svn:ignore. --[[Joey]]
> > Thanks a lot.

Is there an easy way to log via e-mail to some webmaster address, instead
of via syslog?

> Not sure why you'd want to do that, but couldn't you use a tool like
> logwatch to mail selected lines from the syslog? --[[Joey]]

> > The reason is that I'm not logged in on the web server regularly to
> > check the log files. I'll see whether I can install a logwatch instance.

I'm trying to install from scratch on a CentOS 4.6 system.  I installed perl 5.8.8 from source and then added all the required modules via CPAN.  When I build ikiwiki from the tarball, I get this message:

    rendering todo/calendar_--_archive_browsing_via_a_calendar_frontend.mdwn
    *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0922e478 ***
    make: *** [extra_build] Aborted

I'm kind of at a loss how to track this down or work around it.  Any suggestions? --Monty

> All I can tell you is that it looks like a problem with your C library or
> perl. Little perl programs like ikiwiki should only be able to trigger
> such bugs, not contain them. :-) Sorry I can't be of more help.
> --[[Joey]]

> I had a similar problem after upgrading to the latest version of
> Text::Markdown from CPAN.  You might try either looking for a Markdown
> package for CentOS or using the latest version of John Gruber's
> Markdown.pl:
> <http://daringfireball.net/projects/downloads/Markdown_1.0.2b8.tbz>
> --[[JasonBlevins]], April 1, 2008 18:22 EDT

>> Unfortunately I couldn't find a CentOS package for markdown, and I
>> couldn't quite figure out how to use John Gruber's version instead.
>> I tried copying it to site_perl, etc., but the build doesn't pick 
>> it up.  For now I can just play with it on my Ubuntu laptop for which
>> the debian package installed flawlessly.  I'll probably wait for an
>> updated version of Markdown to see if this is fixed in the future.
>> --Monty

>I suggest that you pull an older version of Text::Markdown from CPAN. I am using <http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/B/BO/BOBTFISH/Text-Markdown-1.0.5.tar.gz> and that works just fine.
>There is a step change in version and size between this version (dated 11Jan2008) and the next version (1.0.12 dated 18Feb2008). I shall have a little look to see why, in due course.
>Ubuntu Hardy Heron has a debian package now, but that does not work either.
> --Dirk 22Apr2008

> This might be related to [Text::Markdown bug #37297](http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=37297).--ChapmanFlack 9Jul2008