https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359015
Bug ID: 359015
Summary: fedora 23: kde-info2html exits with error (perl
compatibility problem) -> info browsing fails "Cannot
Initiate the info Protocol"
Product: kio
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs
URL: info:ld
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: info
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
On fedora 23 kde-info2html doesn't run due to a perl construct that is
obsolete. Running it manually shows the error
Can't use 'defined(@array)' (Maybe you should just omit the defined()?) at
./kde-info2html line 174.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. type info:<topic> into konqueror URL bar
Actual Results:
The requested operation could not be completed
Cannot Initiate the info Protocol
Technical Reason: Unable to Launch Process
Details of the Request:
URL: info:ld
Protocol: info
Date and Time: Friday 05 February 2016 10:27
Additional Information:
The following is displayed:
Description:
The program on your computer which provides access to the <strong>info</strong>
protocol could not be started. This is usually due to technical reasons.
Expected Results:
The requested info page should be displayed.
The perl version is
This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 1 (v5.22.1) built for
x86_64-linux-thread-multi
(with 14 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
The following simple-minded patch makes it run on fedora 23:
diff -u kde-info2html kde-info2html.new
--- kde-info2html 2015-12-14 07:08:50.000000000 +0000
+++ kde-info2html.new 2016-02-05 09:49:39.853746561 +0000
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
next if $looking && !/\* Menu/;
$looking = 0;
my @item = &ParseMenuItem($_,'dir');
- if (!defined(@item)) { next }
+ if (!@item) { next }
my ($MenuLinkTag, $MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkRef, $MenuLinkText) =
@item;
if ($MenuLinkRef eq $FileName) {
&Redirect($MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkTag);
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
sub MenuItem2HTML {
my ($Line, $BaseInfoFile) = @_;
my @parse_results = &ParseMenuItem($Line, $BaseInfoFile);
- if (!defined (@parse_results)) { return $Line; }
+ if (!@parse_results) { return $Line; }
my ($MenuLinkTag, $MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkRef, $MenuLinkText) =
@parse_results;
#-- produce a HTML line
return "<tr class=\"infomenutr\"><td class=\"infomenutd\"
style=\"width:30%\"><ul><li><a
href=\"info:/$MenuLinkFile/$MenuLinkTag\">$MenuLinkRef</a></ul></td><td
class=\"infomenutd\">$MenuLinkText";
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