X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/cddc335b2bd98a302b261200c12d61b05476d727..51f75484d723c0de2bfc68c74f8a46cb65caeb37:/doc/index/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/index/discussion.mdwn b/doc/index/discussion.mdwn index 4cf38e9cb..181557e69 100644 --- a/doc/index/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/index/discussion.mdwn @@ -25,6 +25,34 @@ of via syslog? > > 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: +> +> --[[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 + ---- # Installation of selected docs (html) @@ -61,6 +89,8 @@ I'd like to install ikiwiki as a non-root user. I can plow through getting all t perl dependencies installed because that's well documented in the perl world, but I don't know how to tell ikiwiki to install somewhere other than / --BrianWilson +> Checkout the tips section for [SharedHosting](tips/SharedHosting). It should do the trick. --MattReynolds + ---- # Upgrade steps @@ -278,24 +308,6 @@ Any setting for limiting how many kilobytes can be submitted via the "edit" form ---- -# Access Keys - -Would anyone else find this a valuable addition. In oddmuse and instiki (the only other -wiki engines I am currently using, the edit, home, and submit link tags have an -accesskey attribute. I find it nice not to have to resort to the mouse for those -actions. However, it may not be something everyone appreciates. Any thoughts? ---[Mazirian](http://mazirian.com) - -> Maybe, although it would need to take the critisism at -> into account. - ->> Thank you for that link. Given that the edit link is the first thing you tab to ->> in the current layout, I guess it isn't all that necessary. I have had a ->> a user complaint recently that Alt-e in oddmuse was overriding his access ->> to the browser menu. - ----- - # Editing the style sheet. It would be nice to be able to edit the stylesheet by means of the cgi. Or is this possible? I wasn't able to achieve it. @@ -335,42 +347,6 @@ Clicking on an old "?" or going to a create link but new Markdown content exists ---- -# User database tools? - -Any tool to view user database? - -Any tool to edit the user database? - -> No, but it's fairly easy to write such tools in perl. For example, to -> list all users in the user database: - - joey@kodama:~/src/joeywiki/.ikiwiki>perl -le 'use Storable; my $userinfo=Storable::retrieve("userdb"); print $_ foreach keys %$userinfo' - http://joey.kitenet.net/ - foo - -> To list each user's email address: - - joey@kodama:~/src/joeywiki/.ikiwiki>perl -le 'use Storable; my $userinfo=Storable::retrieve("userdb"); print $userinfo->{$_}->{email} foreach keys %$userinfo' - - joey@kitenet.net - -> Editing is simply a matter of changing values and calling Storable::store(). -> I've not written actual utilities to do this yet because I've only needed -> to do it rarely, and the data I've wanted has been different each time. -> --[[Joey]] - ->> Thanks for these examples -- I have been using them. I don't know the ->> Storable yet. Can someone share an example of removing a user? (I now ->> setup account\_creation\_password and I have some spammer with different ->> login names that I have banned that I might as well remove from the ->> userdb.) - ->>> Let's see, you could do something like this: ->>> perl -le 'use Storable; my $userinfo=Storable::retrieve("userdb"); delete $$userinfo{"joey"}; Storable::lock_store($userinfo, "userdb")' ->>> I suppose I should stop being lame and create a command line tool wrapping up these operations.. --[[Joey]] - ----- - # Spaces in WikiLinks? Hello Joey, @@ -381,7 +357,7 @@ aren't allowed in WikiLinks now? My best regards, ---[[Paweł|ptecza]] +--[[PaweB|ptecza]] > See [[bugs/Spaces_in_link_text_for_ikiwiki_links]] @@ -438,3 +414,14 @@ I'm sure that this is documented somewhere but I've ransacked the wiki and I can >> Bad_Iki_Num_65_5 >> >>--[[AdamShand]] + +# Upgrade steps from RecentChanges CGI to static page? + +Where are the upgrade steps for RecentChanges change from CGI to static feed? +I run multiple ikiwiki-powered sites on multiple servers, but today I just upgraded one to 2.32.3. +Please have a look at + +Any suggestions? + +> There are no upgrade steps required. It does look like you need to enable +> the meta plugin to get a good recentchanges page though.. --[[Joey]]