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diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/external.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/external.pm
index a5afdc4be..ba6c7d8b9 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/external.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/external.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # Support for external plugins written in other languages.
-# Communication via XML RPC a pipe.
+# Communication via XML RPC to a pipe.
 # See externaldemo for an example of a plugin that uses this.
 package IkiWiki::Plugin::external;
 
@@ -59,14 +59,31 @@ sub rpc_call ($$;@) { #{{{
 			error("XML RPC parser failure: $r") unless ref $r;
 			if ($r->isa('RPC::XML::response')) {
 				my $value=$r->value;
-				if ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
+				if ($r->is_fault($value)) {
+					# throw the error as best we can
+					print STDERR $value->string."\n";
+					return "";
+				}
+				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
 					return @{$value->value};
 				}
 				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::struct')) {
-					return %{$value->value};
-				}
-				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::fault')) {
-					die $value->string;
+					my %hash=%{$value->value};
+
+					# XML-RPC v1 does not allow for
+					# nil/null/None/undef values to be
+					# transmitted, so until
+					# XML::RPC::Parser honours v2
+					# (<nil/>), external plugins send
+					# a hash with one key "null" pointing
+					# to an empty string.
+					if (exists $hash{null} &&
+					    $hash{null} eq "" &&
+					    int(keys(%hash)) == 1) {
+						return undef;
+					}
+
+					return %hash;
 				}
 				else {
 					return $value->value;
@@ -90,6 +107,14 @@ sub rpc_call ($$;@) { #{{{
 				error("XML RPC call error, unknown function: $name");
 			}
 
+			# XML-RPC v1 does not allow for nil/null/None/undef
+			# values to be transmitted, so until XML::RPC::Parser
+			# honours v2 (<nil/>), send a hash with one key "null"
+			# pointing to an empty string.
+			if (! defined $ret) {
+				$ret={"null" => ""};
+			}
+
 			my $string=eval { RPC::XML::response->new($ret)->as_string };
 			if ($@ && ref $ret) {
 				# One common reason for serialisation to
@@ -126,9 +151,10 @@ sub setvar ($$$;@) { #{{{
 	my $plugin=shift;
 	my $varname="IkiWiki::".shift;
 	my $key=shift;
+	my $value=shift;
 
 	no strict 'refs';
-	my $ret=$varname->{$key}=@_;
+	my $ret=$varname->{$key}=$value;
 	use strict 'refs';
 	return $ret;
 } #}}}
@@ -147,8 +173,22 @@ sub setstate ($$$$;@) { #{{{
 	my $page=shift;
 	my $id=shift;
 	my $key=shift;
+	my $value=shift;
+
+	return $IkiWiki::pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}=$value;
+} #}}}
+
+sub getargv ($) { #{{{
+	my $plugin=shift;
+
+	return \@ARGV;
+} #}}}
+
+sub setargv ($@) { #{{{
+	my $plugin=shift;
+	my $array=shift;
 
-	return $IkiWiki::pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}=@_;
+	@ARGV=@$array;
 } #}}}
 
 sub inject ($@) { #{{{
@@ -177,7 +217,7 @@ sub hook ($@) { #{{{
 	delete $params{call};
 
 	IkiWiki::hook(%params, call => sub {
-		IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_)
+		IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_);
 	});
 } #}}}