Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:03:59 -0500 From: Jonathan Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-cvsweb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Error: Failed to spawn GNU rlog Message-ID: <429CA70F.70202@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <429BFF1E.24222.27BE446D@localhost> References: <429B7ED5.1334.25C92A91@localhost> <429BFF1E.24222.27BE446D@localhost>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig52191F53C6677213B37F7AEF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 05/31/05 05:07, Dan Langille wrote: > On 30 May 2005 at 23:48, Jonathan Noack wrote: > > >>On 05/30/05 20:00, Dan Langille wrote: >> >>>Let me try again... >>> >>>On 30 May 2005 at 19:12, Jonathan Noack wrote: >>> >>>>On 05/30/05 18:12, Dan Langille wrote: >>>> >>>>>I'm getting this error: >>>>> >>>>>Error >>>>> >>>>>Error: Failed to spawn GNU rlog on >>>>>"/usr/websites/develop.example.org/repository/configuration//vhosts >>>>>. co nf.sample,v, >>>>>/usr/websites/develop.example.org/repository/configuration//.cvsign >>>>>o re ,v". >>>>> >>>>>Did you set the $command_path in your configuration file correctly >>>>>? (Currently "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin" >>>>> >>>>>If I run rlog on the above mentioned files, I get expected results. >>>>> >>>>>I'm running 4.11-stable, Apache 1.3.33, cvsweb-2.0.6_2, and perl >>>>>5.8.6 >>>>> >>>>>This entry <http://tinyurl.com/csttm>; from the archives indicates >>>>>this is not a new problem, but also that it should be fixed >>>>>"shortly". >>>>> >>>>>Clues please? >>>> >>>>Historically this has been a problem with CVSweb 2.0.x and Perl >>>>5.8's stricter taint checks, but the -T flag was removed as of >>>>2.0.6_1 and there have been no reports of this problem since July >>>>2004. When you run rlog manually, are you running it as the same >>>>user that runs CVSweb (and most likely Apache)? >>> >>>No, I ran it as myself. To run it as www (this time, with a >>>different command): >>> >>>$ sudo -u www rlog /usr/websites/develop.example.org/repository/ >>>configuration//vhosts.conf.sample,v >>>/usr/websites/develop.example.org/repository/configuration//. >>>cvsignore,v >>> >>>RCS file: >>>/usr/websites/develop.example.org/repository/configuration//vhosts.c >>>onf.sample,v Working file: vhosts.conf.sample head: 1.8 branch: >>>locks: strict access list: symbolic names: >>> beta: 1.1.1.1 >>> devel: 1.1.1 >>>keyword substitution: kv >>>total revisions: 9; selected >>>... >>> >>>Interesting... [still] >> >>To see what the actual error is, comment out the redirection of STDERR >>on lines 2131 and 2138 (with 2.0.6) and see if you get anything in >>your web server error logs. > > > Use of uninitialized value in exec at /usr/local/www/cgi- > bin/cvsweb.cgi line 2481. > Use of uninitialized value in exec at /usr/local/www/cgi- > bin/cvsweb.cgi line 2481. > Can't exec "": No such file or directory at /usr/local/www/cgi- > bin/cvsweb.cgi line 2481. > > NOTE: I'm on cvsweb-3.0.5_1 (was on 2 at the start of this exercise). With 3.0.5 you can define DEBUG in cvsweb.conf instead of commenting out the STDERR redirection lines. Look for it near the bottom. > The 2481 line is : exec(@cmd, @files) or exit -1; > > I have done a "chmod -R www" on the repo directory. That's more > rights than the rest of the website. Do you mean "chown -R www"? While we're taking drastic measures with permissions, do a "chmod -R +r"... > If I print anything out before line 2481, I get to see this on the > webpage: > > NOTE: There are 19 files, but none matches the current tag. Make sure you send anything you print to STDERR. > Q: Could this copy of the repo be corrupted/incomplete and causing > the above problems? Perhaps, but if you have the time let's try to figure it out. -- Jonathan Noack | noackjr@alumni.rice.edu | OpenPGP: 0x991D8195 --------------enig52191F53C6677213B37F7AEF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCnKcUUFz01pkdgZURAuMRAKCqNWnzA3T9k9OgifnGhspY5gAlYQCg4UlF gvaQgsJQfRWgX5982EmAfnE= =5yII -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig52191F53C6677213B37F7AEF--
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