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diff --git a/doc/bugs/post-commit_hangs.mdwn b/doc/bugs/post-commit_hangs.mdwn index c28a34040..a19441b92 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/post-commit_hangs.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/post-commit_hangs.mdwn @@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ I installed ikiwiki v3.14159 in /usr/local from tarball (/usr contains an older >> Hmm, maybe it's the recursive call to ikiwiki which is the problem. >> The underlying VCS is mercurial. --Ali +>>> You're not supposed to run ikiwiki -setup manually in your post commit hook. +>>> Doing so will certianly lead to a locking problem; it also forces ikiwiki to rebuild +>>> the entire wiki anytime a single page changes, which is very inefficient! +>>> +>>> Instead, you should use the `mercurial_wrapper` setting +>>> in the setup file, which will make ikiwiki generate a small +>>> executable expressly designed to be run at post commit time. +>>> Or, you can use the `--post-commit` option, as documented +>>> in [[rcs/mecurial]] --[[Joey]] + > Also, how have you arranged to keep it from seeing the installation in /usr? Perl could well be loading > modules from the old installation, and if it's one with a different locking strategy that would explain your problem. --[[Joey]] |