Ulrich Wisser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I could reproduce the error.
So can I.
> After some debugging it showed that HTML::HeadParser is failing
>
> Need a field name at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i586-linux/HTML/HeadParser.pm line 164
>
> After looking at the document in question, I found
> the following error prone code:
>
> <META NAME="DC.Title" HTTP-EQUIV="" CONTENT="Finansr�det">
>
> As you see, they use NAME and HTTP-EQUIV. I don't think
> HTML::HeadParser should fail on this. Be looking deeper in
> the problem I found that even only
>
> HTTP-EQUIV=""
>
> would make the module fail. Therefor I rocommend the following
> change:
>
> 164: if (!defined $key) {
>
> new: if ((!defined $key) or !$key) {
>
> in HTML::HeadParser.pm
Seems like an improvement.
> Why there is a segfault, I can't see. But the segfault will only
> occur at the end of the program. So the execution is not terminated
> immediatly, but when it should terminate anyway it segfaults.
I've seen this before. Invoking perl_call_sv() without the G_EVAL
flag (like HTML::Parser does) always get you in trouble after a while.
I'll provide a fix.
--Gisle
