X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/75068085e88906ea99609a808365e33ff10910df..8d10e293176f18a39c228a5838f2118c8dedf153:/doc/index/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/index/discussion.mdwn b/doc/index/discussion.mdwn index a7adc2c0a..99d029f35 100644 --- a/doc/index/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/index/discussion.mdwn @@ -25,9 +25,27 @@ 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. +---- + +# Installation of selected docs (html) + +The latest release has around 560 files (over 2MB) in html. + +Any suggestions or ideas on limiting what html is installed? + +For example, I don't see value in every ikiwiki install out there to also install personal "users" ikiwiki pages. + +For now I copy ikiwiki.setup. And then use pax with -L switch to copy the targets of the symlinks of the basewiki. + +I was thinking of making a list of desired documents from the html directory to install. + +--JeremyReed + +---- + # 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 @@ -44,12 +62,17 @@ 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. @@ -59,6 +82,9 @@ This is using my custom rcs.pm which has been used thousands of times. > 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). +>> Rebuilt it several times. Now that I think of it, I think my early problem of having +>> no content in the textbox was before I rebuilt the cgi. And after I rebuilt the whole webpage was empty. + 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". @@ -71,6 +97,14 @@ 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). + +>>> You need to either figure out what your web server does with stderr +>>> from cgi programs, or run ikiwiki.cgi at the command line with an +>>> appropriate environment so it thinks it's being called from a web +>>> server, so you can see how it's failing. --[[Joey]] + (I am posting this now, but will do some research and post some more.) Is there any webpage with upgrade steps? @@ -78,6 +112,12 @@ 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. +>> I read it but read the usedirs option wrong :(. +>> Also it appears to be missing the news from between 1.40 to 2.0 unless they dont' exist. +>> If they do exist maybe they have release notes I need? + +>>> All the old ones are in the NEWS file. --[[Joey]] + --JeremyReed My followup: I used a new ikiwiki.setup based on the latest version. But no changes for me. @@ -99,14 +139,16 @@ 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. +>> Thanks. I also checked differences between 1.40 Rcs plugins and didn't notice anything significant. + --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. Here is the site: http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/testing-wiki/ +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 onmly errors I see when building and installing ikiwiki are: +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. @@ -119,7 +161,30 @@ I may need to revert back to my old ikiwiki install which has been used to thous --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 + +I am back. On a different system, I installed ikiwiki 2.6.1. Same problem -- blank CGI webpage. + +So I manually ran with: + REQUEST_METHOD=GET QUERY_STRING='do=create&page=jcr' kiwiki.cgi + +And clearly saw the error: + + [IkiWiki::main] Fatal: Bad template engine CGI::FormBuilder::Template::div: Can't locate CGI/FormBuilder/Template/div.pm + +So I found my version was too old and 3.05 is the first to provide "Div" support. I upgraded my p5-CGI-FormBuilder to 3.0501. +And ikiwiki CGI started working for me. + +The Ikiwiki docs about this requirement got removed in Revision 4367. There should be a page that lists the requirements. +(I guess I could have used the debian/control file.) + +I am now using ikiwiki 2.6.1 on my testing system. + +--JeremyReed ---- # Excellent - how do I translate a TWiki site?