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Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Problem in mailing lists search CGI script
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Ian Kelling |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Problem in mailing lists search CGI script |
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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:29:47 -0400 |
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Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed a small problem in lists.gnu.org's cgi search script.
>
> I sadly don't have time to troubleshoot it further now,
> so I'll just make a note of it.
>
> 1.
> If one goes to each mailing list's HTML archive page,
> there's a search box, e.g.:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/
>
> 2.
> Entering a term (e.g. "netbsd") and clicking "search"
> results in the following URL, and works fine:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=netbsd&submit=Search%21&idxname=coreutils&max=20&result=normal&sort=score
>
> 3.
> The first hint of a problem is that at the top of the
> search result page it says:
> "This index contains 0 documents and 0 keywords.".
>
> 4.
> If, while on the same search result page, you click "search" again (with
> the same search term already in the input box,
> there will be *zero* results, and the message will say:
> "References: [ (can't open the index) ]"
> The resulting URL is:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=netbsd&submit=Search%21&max=20&result=normal&sort=score
>
> 5.
> The difference between the two URLs is the missing "idxname=coreutils"
> CGI parameter.
>
> ----
>
> I'm not sure what changed or when (this certainly used to work until
> recently).
>
> If this rings any bells to savannah developers, let me know.
>
> regards,
> - assaf
This rings a bell for me. I've seen something very similar in the
past. I'm ccing address@hidden Me or one of tech team will figure it
out.
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