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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / po.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ Security checks
   > I've checked in a change fixing that. --[[Joey]]
 - `refreshpofiles` and `refreshpot` create new files; this may need
   some checks, e.g. using `IkiWiki::prep_writefile()`
+  > Yes, it would be ideal to call `prep_writefile` on each file 
+  > that they write, beforehand. This way you'd avoid symlink attacks etc to the
+  > generated po/pot files. I haven't done it, but it seems pretty trivial.
+  > --[[Joey]]
 - Can any sort of directives be put in po files that will
   cause mischief (ie, include other files, run commands, crash gettext,
   whatever).