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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / filecheck_failing_to_find_files.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/filecheck_failing_to_find_files.mdwn b/doc/bugs/filecheck_failing_to_find_files.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/filecheck_failing_to_find_files.mdwn
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@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ Using the attachment plugin, when filecheck was checking the mime-type of the at
 
 It turns out that the filecheck plugin couldn't find the file, because it was merely using the $pagesources hash, rather than finding the absolute path of the file in question.
 
+> I don't understand why the file was not in `%pagesources`. Do you?
+> --[[Joey]]
+
+>> The file *was* in `%pagesources`, but what returns from that is the filename relative to the `srcdir` directory; for example, `foo/bar.gif`.
+>> When File::MimeInfo::Magic::magic is given that, it can't find the file.
+>> But if it is given `/path/to/srcdir/foo/bar.gif` instead, then it *can* find the file, and returns the mime-type correctly.
+>> --[[KathrynAndersen]]
+
 The following patch fixes the problem:
 
        diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/filecheck.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/filecheck.pm