X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/dd349d69ea2361360b4534d9c77806345ff490ad..0ca6aef1e9db412c03288a069ebfa7c91d0b2468:/IkiWiki.pm

diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 01798941c..4e4da11c5 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -395,6 +395,13 @@ sub getsetup () { #{{{
 		safe => 0,
 		rebuild => 0,
 	},
+	allow_symlinks_before_srcdir => {
+		type => "string",
+		default => 0,
+		description => "allow symlinks in the path leading to the srcdir (potentially insecure)",
+		safe => 0,
+		rebuild => 0,
+	},
 } #}}}
 
 sub defaultconfig () { #{{{
@@ -513,7 +520,11 @@ sub loadplugin ($) { #{{{
 	foreach my $dir (defined $config{libdir} ? possibly_foolish_untaint($config{libdir}) : undef,
 	                 "$installdir/lib/ikiwiki") {
 		if (defined $dir && -x "$dir/plugins/$plugin") {
-			require IkiWiki::Plugin::external;
+			eval { require IkiWiki::Plugin::external };
+			if ($@) {
+				my $reason=$@;
+				error(sprintf(gettext("failed to load external plugin needed for %s plugin: %s"), $plugin, $reason));
+			}
 			import IkiWiki::Plugin::external "$dir/plugins/$plugin";
 			$loaded_plugins{$plugin}=1;
 			return 1;