Config problems in ikiwiki.setup should really not cause the whole site
build to crash; this can make it hard to recover. --[[Joey]]
+
+> Given who's reporting this, am I right in assuming that's with ikiwiki 3.20150614? --[[smcv]]
+
+---
+
+I try to setup a small site with the auto-blog.setup and played a bit with it:
+If I activate the po plugin and set po_translateable_pages to something meaningful (like the example: `* and !*/Discussion`),
+then I'll get the same error
+
+ syntax error in pagespec "\"page(./posts/*)"
+
+but only after a second run of the ikiwiki --setup site.setup
+
+My try to get a clue: deleting any po and pot files and run the rebuild again - works fine
+run the rebuild a second time - error as above
+
+tune any of the pagespec variables in the setup and at the inline directives of the blog or sidebar dosn't change anything
+except leaving the po_translateable_pages empty, than the rebuild works and doesn't create any po files (as expected).
+
+Is this helpful or have I done anything stupid ? -- Michael
+
+> This would be helpful if I could reproduce the crash from your instructions, but I couldn't :-(
+> Which version of ikiwiki is this?
+> --[[smcv]]
+
+>> It was version 3.20141016.2 as it is in debian stable / jessie
+>> I tried again with version 3.20160121 as it is in debian sid
+>> same behavior as described
+>>
+>> I did setup a new blog with auto-blog.setup, activated the po plugin with the defaults
+>> and get the error again (running ikiwiki --setup twice) --Michael