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@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ ps. here's how to calculate space taken by html, picture and video files:
 
 Can underlay plugin handle the case that source and destination directories
 are the same? I'd rather have just one copy of these underlay files on the server.
+
+> No, but enabling hardlinks accomplishes the same effect. --[[Joey]] 
+
 And did I goof in the setup file since I got this:
 
     $ ikiwiki -setup blog.setup -rebuild --verbose
@@ -71,3 +74,29 @@ And did I goof in the setup file since I got this:
         # directory in srcdir that contains directive descriptions
 
 -Mikko
+
+> The plugin seems to present a bad default value in the setup file.
+> (Fixed in git.) A correct configuration would be:
+
+        add_underlays => ['/home/users/mcfrisk/www/blog/media'],
+       
+Umm, doesn't quite fix this yet:
+
+    $ ikiwiki -setup blog.setup -v
+    Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at /home/users/mcfrisk/bin/share/perl/5.10.0/IkiWiki
+    /Plugin/underlay.pm line 44.
+    $ grep underlay blog.setup 
+        add_plugins => [qw{goodstuff websetup comments blogspam html sidebar underlay}],
+        underlaydir => '/home/users/mcfrisk/bin/share/ikiwiki/basewiki',
+        # underlay plugin
+        # extra underlay directories to add
+        add_underlays => ['/home/users/mcfrisk/www/blog/media'],
+    $ ikiwiki --version
+    ikiwiki version 3.20091032
+
+-Mikko
+
+> Yeah, I've fixed that in git, but you can work around it with this:
+> --[[Joey]] 
+        
+       templatedirs => [],