This patch allows disabling the backlinks in the config file by setting nobacklinks to 0.
It is backwards compatible, and by default enables backlinks in the generated pages.
--- IkiWiki/Render.pm.orig2 2009-01-06 14:54:01.000000000 +1300 +++ IkiWiki/Render.pm 2009-01-06 14:55:08.000000000 +1300 @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ $template->param(have_actions => 1); } - my @backlinks=sort { $a->{page} cmp $b->{page} } backlinks($page); + my @backlinks=sort { $a->{page} cmp $b->{page} } backlinks($page) + unless defined $config{nobacklinks} && $config{nobacklinks} == 0; my ($backlinks, $more_backlinks); if (@backlinks <= $config{numbacklinks} || ! $config{numbacklinks}) { $backlinks=\@backlinks;