Assaf Gordon <assafgor...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, > > I noticed a small problem in lists.gnu.org's cgi search script. > > I sadly don't have time to troubleshoot it further now, > so I'll just make a note of it. > > 1. > If one goes to each mailing list's HTML archive page, > there's a search box, e.g.: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/ > > 2. > Entering a term (e.g. "netbsd") and clicking "search" > results in the following URL, and works fine: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=netbsd&submit=Search%21&idxname=coreutils&max=20&result=normal&sort=score > > 3. > The first hint of a problem is that at the top of the > search result page it says: > "This index contains 0 documents and 0 keywords.". > > 4. > If, while on the same search result page, you click "search" again (with > the same search term already in the input box, > there will be *zero* results, and the message will say: > "References: [ (can't open the index) ]" > The resulting URL is: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=netbsd&submit=Search%21&max=20&result=normal&sort=score > > 5. > The difference between the two URLs is the missing "idxname=coreutils" > CGI parameter. > > ---- > > I'm not sure what changed or when (this certainly used to work until > recently). > > If this rings any bells to savannah developers, let me know. > > regards, > - assaf This rings a bell for me. I've seen something very similar in the past. I'm ccing sysad...@gnu.org. Me or one of tech team will figure it out. -- Ian Kelling | Senior Systems Administrator, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: B125 F60B 7B28 7FF6 A2B7 DF8F 170A F0E2 9542 95DF https://fsf.org | https://gnu.org