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[Pangoraw]

I have the same issue where I am trying to use RenderString in my baseof.html, and make the 404.html define a main block and the RenderString would not be present on the Page object supplied.

baseof.html

Base {{ .RenderString "[aaa](https://gohugo.io)" }}:
{{ block "main" . }}{{ end }}

404.html

{{ define "main" }}
Page not found
{{ end }}

Error:

executing "404.html" at <.RenderString>: error calling RenderString: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

Looking at the code, it seems that the 404.html file is having a special legacy treatment just like robots.txt or sitemap.xml, is there still a reason to keep it ?

[matt-antone]

I'm was also having the same issue. I got around it by using a 404.html template in layouts/_default. It didn't work when using layouts/404.html. No idea why.

[superobertking]

Same issue here.

I'm was also having the same issue. I got around it by using a 404.html template in layouts/_default. It didn't work when using layouts/404.html. No idea why.

This works perfectly for me!

On no, sorry. This is not working. 404.html will not be generated on my side.
It compiled successfully after a fresh build, I guess may be similar to #5138.

From https://gohugo.io/templates/404/, maybe relURL is another way to go.

[chalin]

Yeah, still getting "RenderString: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" on a build or serve using Hugo v0.87.

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