On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using SSLeay along with Open SSl to retrieve https pages via SSL.pm. > I'm not using a proxy, but in the runtime I get the familiar "unitialized > variable" message being displayed for a line in SSL.pm. I normally like to > keep my executions clean and don't want "uninit" messages from coming up, > so I would like to resolve this problem. I'm using 2.75 SSL.pm and the > error is coming from line 363 "$proxy_server =~ s|^https?://||i; First, I > haven't a clue as to what this statement is doing from the syntax. > I'm guessing that it is doing a pattern search but the "|" are > throwing me off. I too see from the code that it is trying to parse > HTTPS_PROXY key value from the ENV hash. I put a value into the key > value, (i.e. HTTPS_PROXY) but I still get the "unit" message. Could > someone be so kind as to tell me what the statement is doing and how I > might eliminate the message. Yes, I do know that I could remove "-w" > on the execution to suppress the message. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
This line is attempting a substitution -- the "|" characters are the regular expression delimiters (Perl is quite liberal in what characters are used in this context). The 'http' (with optional 's') and '://' are being replaced by a null string. The trailing 'i' indicates "ignore case." So it is actually stripping the protocol information from the URL. The complaint is probably coming from the variable $proxy_server not being properly defined somewhere before this line, hence it cannot be bound to the substitution operator. Philip Shanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem. (more wisdom from /usr/games/fortune) ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
