ikiwiki/doc/bugs/po_plugin_config_crasher.mdwn

Saw a site using the po plugin crash with:

	syntax error in pagespec "\"page(./tips/*)"

I suspect the relevant configuration is this:

	po_translatable_pages: /index or /hugo or /hugo/keys or /about or /archive or /tips
	  or /talks or /imprint or /copyright or /blog or /posts  or /law or /quotes or /quotes/*

Config problems in ikiwiki.setup should really not cause the whole site
build to crash; this can make it hard to recover. --[[Joey]]

> Given who's reporting this, am I right in assuming that's with ikiwiki 3.20150614? --[[smcv]]

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I try to setup a small site with the auto-blog.setup and played a bit with it:
If I activate the po plugin and set po_translateable_pages to something meaningful (like the example: `* and !*/Discussion`),
then I'll get the same error

    syntax error in pagespec "\"page(./posts/*)"

but only after a second run of the ikiwiki --setup site.setup

My try to get a clue: deleting any po and pot files and run the rebuild again - works fine  
run the rebuild a second time - error as above

tune any of the pagespec variables in the setup and at the inline directives of the blog or sidebar dosn't change anything
except leaving the po_translateable_pages empty, than the rebuild works and doesn't create any po files (as expected).

Is this helpful or have I done anything stupid ? -- Michael

> This would be helpful if I could reproduce the crash from your instructions, but I couldn't :-(
> Which version of ikiwiki is this?
> --[[smcv]]

>> It was version 3.20141016.2 as it is in debian stable / jessie  
>> I tried again with version 3.20160121 as it is in debian sid  
>> same behavior as described  
>>  
>> I did setup a new blog with auto-blog.setup, activated the po plugin with the defaults  
>> and get the error again (running ikiwiki --setup twice) --Michael