same dependency problem as plugins/contrib/trail :-(

diff --git a/doc/bugs/conditional_preprocess_during_scan.mdwn b/doc/bugs/conditional_preprocess_during_scan.mdwn
index 896998bf8226fecee343faab3f1cdd58ac181584..baa430e199d5705cb86cd048bb570ede00e2b3b7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bugs/conditional_preprocess_during_scan.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/conditional_preprocess_during_scan.mdwn
@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ I've written a simple [[patch]] to fix the issue, currently hosted on the
 scanif branch of my repository. The patch also passes the preview option
 back to the Ikiwiki::preprocess call, making sure that whatever is being
 reprocessed is done so in the same conditions as the original call.
+
+> One problem with this is that it has the same dependency-ordering problems
+> as inline-based or pagespec-based trails with my [[plugins/contrib/trail]]
+> plugin: `if` takes a pagespec, but pagespecs aren't guaranteed to match
+> correctly until everything has been scanned (for instance, `link()` might
+> give the wrong results because a page that added or deleted a link hasn't
+> been scanned yet). If you have a clever idea for how to fix this, I'd love
+> to hear it - being able to specify a [[plugins/contrib/trail]] in terms
+> of a sorted pagespec would be useful. --[[smcv]]