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@@ -5,15 +5,23 @@
 * CGI pages, with the exception of edit pages, set `<base>` to
   `$config{url}`
 
-I had to revert using `baseurl(undef)` for that, because it needs
-to be a full url.
-
-Ideally, baseurl would return an absolute url derived from the url
-being used to access the cgi, but that needs access to the CGI object,
-which it does not currently have. Similarly, `misctemplate`
-does not have access to the CGI object, so it cannot use it to
-generate a better baseurl. Not sure yet what to do; may have to thread
-a cgi parameter through all the calls to misctemplate. --[[Joey]]
+  I had to revert using `baseurl(undef)` for that, because it needs
+  to be a full url.
+
+  Ideally, baseurl would return an absolute url derived from the url
+  being used to access the cgi, but that needs access to the CGI object,
+  which it does not currently have. Similarly, `misctemplate`
+  does not have access to the CGI object, so it cannot use it to
+  generate a better baseurl. Not sure yet what to do; may have to thread
+  a cgi parameter through all the calls to misctemplate. --[[Joey]]
+
+* Using `do=goto` to go to a comment or recentchanges item
+  will redirect to the `$config{url}`-based url, since the
+  permalinks are made to be absolute urls now.
+
+  Fixing this would seem to involve making meta force permalinks
+  to absolute urls when fulling out templates, while allowing them
+  to be left as partial urls internally, for use by goto. --[[Joey]]
 
 ## old attempt