Question

• TWiki version: 01 Feb 2003
• Perl version: 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd
• Web server & version: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix)
• Server OS: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE
• Web browser & version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030505
• Client OS: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE

Just tested the HeadlinesPlugin and it fails. It hangs about 3 minutes and then Apache return 500 / Server Error. I've installed it, permissions are set correctly. It fails when I try to open plugin's page or to create test page.

Apache error log contains following:

[Tue May  6 16:11:58 2003] preview: Argument "slashdot.org" isn't numeric in entersub at /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach/Socket.pm line 316. Insecure dependency in open while running with -T switch at ../lib/TWiki/Store.pm line 677.
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[Tue May  6 16:13:59 2003] [error] [client 10.1.0.70] Premature end of script headers: /usr/home/solik/babylon/twiki/bin/preview

So, I think that problem with slashdot.org, but http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rdf reachable and working ok. Then I look thru this page, thru plugin's source code, and realize that code is old. Is it compatible with the last stable TWiki (01 Feb 2003) ? BTW, I found that statement in the Known Issues section of the HeadlinesPlugin about virtual hosts is incorrect now, because TWiki::Net::getUrl() has support for Host: in TWiki (01 Feb 2003).

So, what should I do? Is any alternative to HeadlinesPlugin exist?

-- SergeySolyanik - 06 May 2003

Answer

Not sure why it does not work. This Plugin works well at my daytime job on the TWikiRelease01Feb2003. Do other feeds work?

-- PeterThoeny - 07 May 2003

No one. I've tried about a dozen, all failed. I'll try to investigate perl installation, may be some modules is old or broken...

-- SergeySolyanik - 07 May 2003

It's my local problem with perl installation. When I upgraded perl to 5.8 the problem disappears.

-- SergeySolyanik - 10 Jun 2003