Fixing the Fix
The fix for the tainted filename bug in visitor involved calling validate_filename. It threw an error when asked to validate the photo directory, as it didn't know about it. I rewrote validate_filename to take a configurable set of directories (a planned change) and rewrote the ConfigFile package to expand macros in a field value, where macro values are previously defined fields.
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Put It to Bed
I hope I've fixed all the bugs in the photo gallery and can move on now.
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Bug Fighting
I finished testing the install script. I then fixed a problem Leigh uncovered in the search script. When I tested the update_site script, I discovered some new problems with the remove page functionality, which I am still trying to solve.
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Back filling
I debugged the install script as it stands and then added code to modify the urls. I also addressed questions from users about the photo gallery.
Posted on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Configuration
There were a few issues with the new photo gallery stemming from errors in the information in ldap. Leigh found a bug in the search script. It was caused by a mistake in the configuration file. I'm writing a script to automatically modify the configuration files to prevent these issues from arising when a new version of the code is delivered.
Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Delivered
I installed the photo gallery and its software on the production site, fixed a few last problems, and added the software to my cron table.
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
One More Thing
I changed the code so that cofigured directories are assumed to be absolute paths. I debugged the associated problems and everything works except for one error in update_site.pl
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Debugged Search
I debugged the remaining problems with the search. I then got the unit tests working again. I changed the defaults so the the base_dir and data_dir are the same directory. This caused some problems, which I am debugging.
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
Almost Working
Over the weekend I wrote a module to read an write a configuration file. I integrated that with my code today and then resolved all known problems with my cron job scripts.I added a faq for the photo gallery. I then got the search script working, except for the previous and next navigation links.
Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap
CronHandler
I got the "bright" idea this morning to write CronHandler on the model of CgiHandler and move all the common code in my scripts into it and most of the remaining code into their respective classes (RoguePhoto and RogueSite) this makes the scripts gratifyingly short, though I haven't yet solved the problem of needing to write into the scripts directory, which is forbidden by validate_filename. Probably validate filename will get weakened, though I will have to think of the implications.
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 Tags: ldap