Exclude working directory from library path (CVE-2016-1238)

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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cleared to be entirely empty (or only have whitespace)? Discuss. --[[Joey]]
  I'd say so; yes. A method of deleting pages via the web would be great; I
 can't think of a use of keeping blank pages around. What about vandalism --
 if someone blanks a page and deletes it and someone else wishes to restore
  I'd say so; yes. A method of deleting pages via the web would be great; I
 can't think of a use of keeping blank pages around. What about vandalism --
 if someone blanks a page and deletes it and someone else wishes to restore

-it; or is undoing edits via the web a bigger issue? -- [[JonDowland]]
+it; or is undoing edits via the web a bigger issue? -- [[users/Jon]]

 
 Of course there's already a way to delete pages (remove plugin). So the
 question is really:
 
 Of course there's already a way to delete pages (remove plugin). So the
 question is really:


@@ -14,3 +14,22 @@ question is really:
 
 Re vandalism in general, I am generally happy using git-revert to kill the
 offending change. --[[Joey]]
 
 Re vandalism in general, I am generally happy using git-revert to kill the
 offending change. --[[Joey]]

+
+I don't think we need a second way to delete pages, which would probably be
+used by the only few people who will learn it's possible by random
+documentation reading, find it useful, *and* remember it. -- [[intrigeri]]
+
+On the other hand, clearing the page's whole content essentially means deleting
+the page.  That's what the user intended to do in this case.  The information
+content of an empty vs. a deleted page is essentially the same, I'd say.  But
+having ikiwiki remove those stale pages would save some (minimal, admittedly)
+time needed for manual clean-up.  --[[tschwinge]]
+
+On EmacsWiki, a page is marked for deletion when it contains just the DeletedPage 
+keyword and if there were no page editions since XX days. Here, I use pages that
+can be empty everyday and filled all day long. It does not make sense to me to 
+delete these pages :). --[[xma]]
+
+I was not aware of [[plugins/remove]]. I don't think another method is necessary -- [[users/Jon]]
+
+> Consensus seems to be [[won't fix|done]] as far as I can see. --[[smcv]]