* Re: changed behaviour for "cygcheck -p "
[not found] <da8e417a-61eb-c5da-a6bc-1be152b39ac7@gmail.com>
@ 2020-05-02 14:53 ` Brian Inglis
2020-05-02 15:36 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Brian Inglis @ 2020-05-02 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin, overseers
On 2020-05-02 04:11, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
> It seems there is a new escape system that is fooling
> the search engine
>
> $ cygcheck -p 'bin/mutt'
> Found 0 matches for binx2fmutt
>
> same on the Web
e.g. Cygwin Packag Search
https://cygwin.com/packages/
enter:
"...
[ bin/cpuid.exe ] [Go]
( ) x86 (o) x86_64
..."
https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=bin%2Fcpuid.exe&arch=x86_64
result:
"...
Cygwin Package Search
Search package contents for a grep basic regular expression pattern
[ binx2Fcpuid.exe ] [Go]
( ) x86 (o) x86_64
Search Results
Found 0 matches for x2Fusrx2Fbinx2Fcpuid.exe
"
but tweak the browser URL directly:
https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=bin/cpuid.exe&arch=x86_64
"...
Cygwin Package Search
Search package contents for a grep basic regular expression pattern
[ bin/cpuid.exe ] [Go]
( ) x86 (o) x86_64
Search Results
Found 2 matches for bin/cpuid.exe
cpuid-20200211-1 - cpuid: dumps CPUID information about the CPU(s)
cpuid-20200427-1 - cpuid: dumps CPUID information about the CPU(s)
"
and curl and wget also work with the above non-urlencoded URL, so it looks like
the new server CGI borks handling urlencoded parameter values e.g. / -> %2F,
from either cygcheck -p or the web form, possibly from trying to pass thru some
urldecode filter converting %2F -> \x2F -> /, but with inadequate escaping
\\x2F, quoting '\x2F', or format (perhaps needs 0x2F?) to pass thru enough
layers to get converted, resulting in just converting "\x" to "x".
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* Re: changed behaviour for "cygcheck -p "
2020-05-02 14:53 ` changed behaviour for "cygcheck -p " Brian Inglis
@ 2020-05-02 15:36 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2020-05-03 21:05 ` Brian Inglis
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Frank Ch. Eigler @ 2020-05-02 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin, Overseers mailing list; +Cc: Brian Inglis
Hi -
> > It seems there is a new escape system that is fooling
> > the search engine
> > $ cygcheck -p 'bin/mutt'
> https://cygwin.com/packages/
I suspect it's not new, but yes, urlescaped %XY characters are not
correctly handled in package-grep.cgi. Until it's fixed, you can use
dots instead of slashes, for example.
- FChE
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* Re: changed behaviour for "cygcheck -p "
2020-05-02 15:36 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
@ 2020-05-03 21:05 ` Brian Inglis
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Brian Inglis @ 2020-05-03 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin, Overseers mailing list
On 2020-05-02 09:36, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>>> It seems there is a new escape system that is fooling
>>> the search engine
>>> $ cygcheck -p 'bin/mutt'
>> https://cygwin.com/packages/
>
> I suspect it's not new, but yes, urlescaped %XY characters are not
> correctly handled in package-grep.cgi. Until it's fixed, you can use
> dots instead of slashes, for example.
The issue is new since the new server, both cygcheck -p, and Cygwin Package
Search which it invokes at https://cygwin.com/packages/..., worked fine
previously, as the common specific search target was /usr/bin/...
Is the new RHEL/Fedora/CentOS system you are using missing url{en,de}code, or
the path to those, or something else invoked in package-grep.cgi?
Maybe update https://sourceware.org/lists.html#what-software to document recent
changes and https://sourceware.org/news.html to track issues and fixes.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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