I just ran into an odd bug with conditional attributes: If I add a certain attribute to "Required Attributes", none of the conditionals will work anymore. I have tried to create a small logbook definition that will demonstrate the problem (the original logbook is more complex and uses two sets of conditionals, both of which will be disabled when the bug hits):
; General settings
Menu commands = List, New, Edit, Duplicate, Delete, Reply, Select, Move to, Download, Find, Logout, Help, Config,Admin
List Menu commands = New, Select, Find, Logout, Help, Config, Admin, Import, Download
Date Format = %d/%m/%Y
List conditions = 1
List display = Edit, Type, Created, StatusA, StatusB, Archived, Test Text, Public?
; Attributes
Attributes = Type, Created, StatusA, StatusB, Archived, Test Text, Public?
Required Attributes = Type
; Attribute Types
Type Created = date
Type Archived = date
; Options & Tooltips
Options Type = Type1{0}, Type2{1}
Options StatusA = Status-A-red, Status-A-orange, Status-A
Options StatusB = Status-B-red, Status-B-orange, Status-B
Options Public? = yes,no
; Conditionals
{0}Show Attributes Edit = Type, Created, StatusA, StatusB, Archived, Test Text, Public?
{1}Show Attributes Edit = Type, Created, StatusA, Archived, Test Text, Public?
The above logbook definition works. However, if I replace the Required Attributes = Type with Required Attributes = Type, Public?, the conditionals will no longer work. I can see the difference in the reactions of the browser - with the extra attribute, nothing happens when I change "Type". Without, the browser will spring into action and reload as soon as I change "Type". I've tested this with both Firefox 3.6.13 and Konqueror 4.4.5 on Kubuntu 10.04 as clients. Fortunately, this is not a showstopper for me, as it is not mandatory to have this attribute defined as required, but I find it a weird issue nonetheless.
Cheerio,
Thomas
P.S.: I'm currently running the latest SVN version of elogd on OPenBSD as I ran into the same problem as described in Message 66984. The above problem also happens with the 2.8.1 I was using before. Some feedback: The SVN version compiled and ran without any further intervention on OpenBSD - very nice! |
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I recently upgraded elog from 2.7.8 to 2.8.0 (and moved servers, removed unused logbooks, etc.). I'm now having a problem where elog consistently crashes when attempting to edit multiple entries. This is a very common use case, as we use a "status" field, set to "open" or "closed" to track problems. When a problem is resolved, we will go to the "list" display, set it to "threaded", "select" the thread, and then edit it, to change the status field for all posts in the thread to "closed".
Now, as soon as the "edit" button is clicked, elog crashes. This happens on every thread and logbook that I've tried. The elog logfile itself doesn't show anything useful.
However, if eLog is run with "-v" in place of "-D", it does not crash.
Environment:
CentOS 5.4
eLog 2.8.0 built Aug 5 2010, 12:24:11
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I'm now running eLog 2.9.0 and seeing the same crashes. However, I've got some more information that may be helpful.
The crash seems to be directly related to the order of replies in the thread. For example, in this thread I am replying to the original entry. The original entry has 2 children (the entries are siblings) and no grandchildren.
In our installation, eLog crashes consistently under the following conditions:
go to the "list" display
set it to "threaded"
"select" a thread that has siblings at any generation of replies
choose "edit"
If the selected thread only has one entry at any generation, eLog does not crash.
Here's a horrible attempt at a display of two message threads. Note that in the first example, there are 2 replies at the same generation (siblings)--both the person who responded and the original submitter replied to the initial submission. After that, all replies were to successive generations.
-------------- Causes eLog to Crash ------------------
! Full Name (submitter) module failure
=> Full Name (submitter) Re: module failure
=> Full Name (replier) Re: module failure
=> Full Name (submitter) Re: Re: module failure
=> Full Name (submitter) Re: Re: Re: module failue
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-------------- No eLog Problem ------------------
! Full Name (submitter) Labwide failure of mcc
=> Full Name (replier) Re: Labwide failure of mcc
=> Full Name (submitter) Re: Re: Labwide failure of mcc
=> Full Name (replier) Re: Re: Re: Labwide failure of mcc
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