web commit by http://ptecza.myopenid.com/: * The bug still occurs

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn b/doc/bugs/attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn
index d8be5e36ba799a6b9aeb393c1841c534816dba68..676918831fb23f16656be7687cc65ce3f148caf5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bugs/attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn
@@ -10,8 +10,75 @@ the error message like below:
 
        error("failed to get filehandle ($fh)");
 
+>> Sure. I've done the change and it seems that $fh variable is undefined:
+
+>>     Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm line 135.
+>>     failed to get filehandle ()
+
 > Also, what web server and version of perl is this? --[[Joey]]
 
+>> It's Apache2 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.3 and Perl 5.8.8-12 from Ubuntu Hardy. --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>> Hmm, is your CGI.pm perhaps creating the attachment temp file, but
+>>> not providing an open filehandle to it via the `upload` method?
+>>> Change the debugging line to this: --[[Joey]]
+
+       error("failed to get filehandle:$fh ; file:$filename ; is ref:".ref($q->param('attachment')));
+
+>>>> Now my Ikiwiki returns:
+
+>>>>     failed to get filehandle: ; file:sandbox/test.txt ; is ref:
+
+>>>> Is it helpful for you? --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>>>> Yes, this suggests that CGI.pm's `upload` function is not working,
+>>>>> but that it *is* returning a filehandle pointing at the attachment
+>>>>> using the old method. Hmm, so I'll bet you have a CGI.pm version
+>>>>> older than 2.47. Can you find your system's CGI.pm and grep for
+>>>>> "VERSION" in it to determine the version? I checked debian stable.
+>>>>> and its perl 5.8.8 has version 3.15, so is not affected, I think.
+
+>>>>>> I have CGI.pm 3.15 too: 
+
+>>>>>>     $ grep VERSION= /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/CGI.pm
+>>>>>>     $CGI::VERSION='3.15';
+
+>>>>> I've just checked in a fix that should work, can you test it?
+>>>>> [diff](http://git.ikiwiki.info/?p=ikiwiki;a=commitdiff;h=71f10579c00a8ddc20ada1a1efd33aac25a3da7e) --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>> I've patched `attachment.pm` module, but the bug still occurs.
+>>>>>> However I can see a little progress. I changed invoking `error()`
+>>>>>> subroutine like you showed me before and now Ikiwiki prints
+
+>>>>>>     failed to get filehandle:test.txt ; file:sandbox/test.txt ; is ref:
+
+>>>>>> --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>>>>>> Well then, your CGI.pm is somehow not behaving as its documentation
+>>>>>>> describes, in two ways:
+>>>>>>> 1. `upload()` is not returning a reference to the filehandle
+>>>>>>> 2. The filename returned by `param("attachment")` is not also
+>>>>>>>    a file handle.
+>>>>>>> That seems very broken. I can try to work around it some more
+>>>>>>> though. I've checked in a second try at dealing with things, can
+>>>>>>> you try it? --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>>> Do you mean that [diff](http://git.ikiwiki.info/?p=ikiwiki;a=commitdiff;h=66f35e30dcea03c631a293e2341771277543b4ae)?
+>>>>>>>> If so, then it causes "Internal Server Error" for me:
+
+>>>>>>>>     Can't use string ("test.txt") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm line 144.
+
+>>>>>>>> I can rebuild Debian stable source package with CGI for Perl. Maybe it will help me? What do you think? --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>>>>>>>> Silly thinko on my part, fixed that in git.. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the fix, Joey! Now CGI doesn't fails, but still no success with attaching file:
+
+>>>>>>>>>>     failed to open : No such file or directory
+
+>>>>>>>>>> Do you have any another idea how to resolve that problem? I can try with rebuilding
+>>>>>>>>>> package `perl-modules` if it's necessary in that situation. --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
 The same message I can see in the Apache log file. There is also
 following warning: