I can't find the discussion here about in the ikiwiki website though. I think it was removed and now I can't find it in the history.
My problem was caused by not having a revision system defined, so it defaulted to subversion (but I didn't have that installed).
+> Note that that confusing default to svn has been changed.. And you're
+> right about how the setup file is used below, BTW. --[[Joey]]
+
As for your .setup file you can put it anywhere. I don't think the CGI knows where it is at because its settings are set in the "wrapper".
In my case, my setup file is in a different home and owned by a different user than the CGI or my generated website. By the way, I also don't keep my .ikiwiki private directory in my source directory by setting wikistatedir (which doesn't seem to be documented).
> enlight me here ;)
>
> BTW, I also noticed `wikistatedir` variable in the ikiwiki code
-> and I couldn't find any information about it in ikiwiki docs :) --Pawel
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+> and I couldn't find any information about it in ikiwiki docs :) --Pawel
+
+>> wikistatedir is a non-configurable internal value.
+>>
+>> What happens during an edit with the code you quoted is that the "rcs
+>> stuff" results in a commit of the page to svn. This results in the
+>> ikiwiki svn post-commit hook running. The post-commit hook updates the
+>> wiki, and calls saveindex. That's why it's not called in the RCS path in
+>> the code above.
+>>
+>> It sounds like your post-commit hook is still not set up, or is failing
+>> for some reason (permissions perhaps?) --[[Joey]]