Debian Bug report logs - #733054
cvsweb: Does not work with Perl 5.18

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mark Kamichoff <prox@prolixium.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: cvsweb: Does not work with Perl 5.18

Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 10:14:27 -0500

Package: cvsweb
Version: 3:3.0.6-7
Severity: important
Tags: patch

Hello,

It appears that cvsweb has some issues with Perl 5.18 (5.14 works fine).
Specifically, it errors out with a slew of syntax errors when invoked
from Apache:

[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058676 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: "my" variable $tmp masks earlier
declaration in same statement at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb line 1340.
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058741 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1197, near "$v qw(hidecvsroot hidenonreadable)"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058767 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: Global symbol "$v" requires explicit
package name at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb line 1199.
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058792 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: Global symbol "$v" requires explicit
package name at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb line 1199.
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058811 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1278, near "}"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058830 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1291, near "}"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058848 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1297, near "}"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058867 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1304, near "}"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058885 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1314, near "}"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058904 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1338, near "}"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058925 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb
line 1340, near ""$tmp,v" }"
[Tue Dec 24 09:57:35.058940 2013] [cgi:error] [pid 17746] [client
10.3.254.229:58703] AH01215: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cvsweb has too many
errors.

As a result, cvsweb produces an HTTP 500 error when accessed from a web
browser.

The NetBSD folks have worked around this by changing two lines in
cvsweb:

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/www/cvsweb/patches/patch-cvsweb.cgi.diff?r1=1.1.2.1&r2=1.1.2.2&f=h

The below patch does the same thing and is based on the version of
cvsweb that is included in the Debian package:

--- cvsweb.orig	2013-12-24 09:58:09.333520125 -0500
+++ cvsweb	2013-12-24 09:58:50.222171067 -0500
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
 <legend>General options</legend>
 <input type="hidden" name="copt" value="1" />
 EOF
-    for my $v qw(hidecvsroot hidenonreadable) {
+    for my $v (qw(hidecvsroot hidenonreadable)) {
       printf(qq{<input type="hidden" name="%s" value="%s" />\n},
              $v, $input{$v} || 0);
     }
@@ -2953,7 +2953,7 @@
   print "<br />\n";
 
   print '<i>';
-  if (defined @mytz) {
+  if (@mytz) {
     my ($est) = $mytz[(localtime($date{$_}))[8]];
     print scalar localtime($date{$_}), " $est</i> (";
   } else {

Thanks!

- Mark

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cvsweb depends on:
ii  apache2              2.4.6-3
ii  apache2-bin [httpd]  2.4.6-3
ii  cvs                  2:1.12.13+real-11
ii  libipc-run-perl      0.92-1
ii  libmime-tools-perl   5.503-1
ii  liburi-perl          1.60-1
ii  rcs                  5.9.1-2

cvsweb recommends no packages.

Versions of packages cvsweb suggests:
pn  cvsgraph                      <none>
pn  enscript                      <none>
pn  libmime-types-perl            <none>
ii  perl [libcompress-zlib-perl]  5.18.1-4
ii  zip                           3.0-7

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 733054-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org>

To: 733054-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#733054: fixed in cvsweb 3:3.0.6-8

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:18:30 +0000

Source: cvsweb
Source-Version: 3:3.0.6-8

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cvsweb, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 733054@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org> (supplier of updated cvsweb package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:56:37 +0100
Source: cvsweb
Binary: cvsweb
Architecture: source all
Version: 3:3.0.6-8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org>
Description:
 cvsweb     - CGI interface to your CVS repository
Closes: 733054
Changes:
 cvsweb (3:3.0.6-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/control (Vcs-Browser, Vcs-Svn): Relocated to collab-maint.
     (DM-Upload-Allowed): Obsolete and dropped.
   * debian/patches/733054_perl_518.patch: Added (closes: #733054).
     - Added Perl 5.18 compatibility and fixed errors.
   * debian/patches/series: Adjusted.
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