X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1dad6b64aff41419c8c3b5ec582660bc1668a6d0..0e75e5c6fa4b8b556817adb31dba3db694ac180d:/doc/index/discussion.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/index/discussion.mdwn b/doc/index/discussion.mdwn index 4b8b14483..3fadbcbeb 100644 --- a/doc/index/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/index/discussion.mdwn @@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ of via syslog? > > The reason is that I'm not logged in on the web server regularly to > > check the log files. I'll see whether I can install a logwatch instance. +---- + # Upgrade steps -I upgrades from 1.37 to 2.6.1. I ran "ikiwiki --setup" using my existing ikiwiki.setup configuration. +I upgrades from 1.40 to 2.6.1. I ran "ikiwiki --setup" using my existing ikiwiki.setup configuration. I had many errors like: /home/bsdwiki/www/wiki/wikilink/index.html independently created, not overwriting with version from wikilink @@ -41,27 +43,96 @@ and: Probably about six errors like this. I worked around this by removing the files and directories it complained about. Finally it finished. +> As of version 2.0, ikiwiki enables usedirs by default. See +> [[tips/switching_to_usedirs]] for details. --[[Joey]] + +>> I read the config wrong. I was thinking that it showed the defaults even though commented out +>> (like ssh configs do). I fixed that part. --JeremyReed + My next problem was that ikiwiki start letting me edit without any password authentication. It used to prompt me for a password but now just goes right into the "editing" mode. The release notes for 2.0 say password auth is still on by default. +> It sounds like you have the anonok plugin enabled? + +>> Where is the default documented? My config doesn't have it uncommented. + The third problem is that when editing my textbox is empty -- no content. This is using my custom rcs.pm which has been used thousands of times. +> Have you rebuilt the cgi wrapper since you upgraded ikiwiki? AFAIK I +> fixed a bug that could result in the edit box always being empty back in +> version 2.3. The only other way it could happen is if ikiwiki does not +> have saved state about the page that it's editing (in .ikiwiki/index). + Now I regenerated my ikiwiki.cgi again (no change to my configuration, and I just get an empty HTML page when attempting editing or "create". +> If the page is completly empty then ikiwiki is crashing before it can +> output anything, though this seems unlikely. Check the webserver logs. + Now I see it created directories for my data. I fixed that by setting usedirs (I see that is in the release notes for 2.0) and rerunning ikiwiki --setup but I still have empty pages for editing (no textbox no html at all). +> Is IkiWiki crashing? If so, it would probably leave error text in the apache logs. --[[TaylorKillian]] + +>> Not using apache. Nothing useful in logs other thn the HTTP return codes are "0" and bytes is "-" +>> on the empty ikiwiki.cgi output (should say " 200 " followed by bytes). + (I am posting this now, but will do some research and post some more.) Is there any webpage with upgrade steps? +> Users are expected to read [[news]], which points out any incompatible +> changes or cases where manual action is needed. + +--JeremyReed + +My followup: I used a new ikiwiki.setup based on the latest version. But no changes for me. + +Also I forgot to mention that do=recentchanges works good for me. It uses my +rcs_recentchanges in my rcs perl module. + +The do=prefs does nothing though -- just a blank webpage. + +> You need to figure out why ikiwiki is crashing. The webserver logs should +> tell you. + +I also set verbose => 1 and running ikiwiki --setup was verbose, but no changes in running CGI. +I was hoping for some output. + +I am guessing that my rcs perl module stopped working on the upgrade. I didn't notice any release notes +on changes to revision control modules. Has something changed? I will also look. + +> No, the rcs interface has not needed to change in a long time. Also, +> nothing is done with the rcs for do=prefs. + --JeremyReed +Another Followup: I created a new ikiwiki configuration and did the --setup to +create an entirely different website. I have same problem there. No prompt for password +and empty webpage when using the cgi. +I never upgraded any perl modules so maybe a new perl module is required but I don't see any errors so I don't know. + +The only errors I see when building and installing ikiwiki are: + + Can't exec "otl2html": No such file or directory at IkiWiki/Plugin/otl.pm line 66. + + gettext 0.14 too old, not updating the pot file + +I don't use GNU gettext on here. + +I may need to revert back to my old ikiwiki install which has been used to thousands of times (with around +1000 rcs commits via ikiwiki). + +--JeremyReed + +I downgraded to version 1.40 (that was what I had before I wrote wrong above). +Now ikiwiki is working for me again (but using 1.40). I shouldn't have tested on production system :) + +--JeremyReed ---- # Excellent - how do I translate a TWiki site?