Description

When trying to revert a page deletion, I get an EmptyPage error.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a page. Save it three times
2. Go to the page's info subpage. There should now be three revisions for the page.
3. Delete the page
4. Go to the page's info subpage. There should now be a fourth revision representing the deletion
5. Click on the fourth revision's 'to previous' link.
6. Click 'revert to this revision' and fill out the revert form.

7. EmptyPage exception is thrown

Example

Try reverting from this link: http://moinmo.in/SamMorris/DeletionTest?action=revert&rev=4

Component selection

• general

Details

traceback.html

This Wiki

Workaround

View the second-last revision, and copy the raw page data into the clipboard. Then edit the page, paste and save.

Just revert to the second-last revision and not to the recent one.

Discussion

You have always to call revert on version (e.g. http://moinmo.in/SamMorris/DeletionTest?action=revert&rev=3) you want to have as new (reverted) version.

Of course offering revert on a deleted page/ current page is not wanted or to be able to revert to a deleted last revision. That's the real bug.

• Hm, yes, I just realised that I wanted to revert to revision 3 in my example after I pasted the bug. But I tried to do so from the UI, and the button is disabled: http://moinmo.in/4ct10n/diff/SamMorris/DeletionTest?action=diff&rev1=2&rev2=3 But as you say I can manually edit the URL, so that will do as a workaround. -- SamMorris 2009-08-03 20:20:10

  • You could also do first look at the old version and then revert by the more action menu "revert to this revision" -- ReimarBauer 2009-08-03 21:31:23

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• Status: fixed by http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.8/rev/c8be59640927

CategoryMoinMoinBugFixed