Arg. What a pain in the ass this one was. On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 03:26:29PM +0000, Yann Dirson wrote: > * http://packages.debian.org/g++ translates to > http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=g++&searchon=names&version=all&release=all > > Should read "keywords=g%2B%2B" instead of "keywords=g++" > > * http://bugs.debian.org/g++ translates to > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=g++ > > Again this should be pkg=g%2B%2B > It turns out that '+' are translated into ' ' when sent into cgi scripts. I have no idea where this is documented and was only discovered by testing. A quick look through the http spec did not turn up anything. It's probably buried in some doc on cgi scripts.
Anyway, I have fixed the two scripts mentioned to correct the problem and all tests have worked. -- James (Jay) Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
