On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 01:02, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > On Jun 19, 2020, at 4:50 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 00:44, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm getting an undefined local variable error [1] in this function at the 
> >> ASF::SVN.svn_ line
> >>
> >> def get_template(url)
> >>  Dir.mktmpdir do |tmpdir|
> >>    tmpdir.untaint
> >>
> >>    ASF::SVN.svn_('checkout', [url, tmpdir], _,
> >>        {depth: 'empty', user: $USER, password: $PASSWORD})
> >>
> >> #    Dir.chdir tmpdir do
> >> #      IO.binwrite(name, @file.read)
> >> #      ASF::SVN.svn_('add', name, _)
> >>
> >> #      ASF::SVN.svn_('commit', name, _, {user: $USER, password: $PASSWORD})
> >> #    end
> >>  end
> >>  'This is a sample template with Name: __ Date: __ Metadata: __'
> >> end
> >>
> >> I'm sure it's just a big misunderstanding but where does the _ come from? 
> >> I'm looking at proxy.cgi line 184.
> >
> > From the _html do block, see line 273 for example
>
> So that means that any svn activity must be in the context of the _html block?

That particular method is designed for use from GUI code.

> I was hoping to write some functions that would be called from different 
> places because it's a bit distracting looking at svn code in the middle of an 
> _html section...

The code can still be located in a separate method; you just need to
pass in the '_' variable.

> >
> > I've committed a fix.
>
> What was broken and what did you fix?

_ was missing so I provided it

> Thanks,
> Craig
>
> >
> >> [Fri Jun 19 16:39:14.214049 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 16948] [client 
> >> 127.0.0.1:64416] AH01215: /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi:16:in `block in 
> >> get_template': undefined local variable or method `_' for main:Object 
> >> (NameError): /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi
> >> [Fri Jun 19 16:39:14.214500 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 16948] [client 
> >> 127.0.0.1:64416] AH01215: \tfrom 
> >> /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.7.1_2/lib/ruby/2.7.0/tmpdir.rb:89:in `mktmpdir': 
> >> /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi
> >> [Fri Jun 19 16:39:14.214584 2020] [cgi:error] [pid 16948] [client 
> >> 127.0.0.1:64416] AH01215: \tfrom /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi:13:in 
> >> `get_template': /srv/whimsy/www/officers/coi.cgi
> >>
> >>> On Jun 19, 2020, at 2:38 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 19:50, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 2:40 PM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> 
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Big picture: I will read current-year/template.txt, substitute the name 
> >>>>> and date from the $USER information, and present that to the user in a 
> >>>>> scroll window with a button (Sign) at the bottom.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The server will then write that data to current-year/availid.txt and 
> >>>>> send a message to avai...@apache.org, cc:secretary.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here's a start at reading the file, using repository.yml and 
> >>>>> document.rb:
> >>>>> coi_url = ASF::SVN.svnurl('conflict-of-interest-current-year')
> >>>>> current_timestamp = DateTime.now.strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
> >>>>> outputfile = File.join(coi_url, 'template.txt').untaint
> >>>>> template = File.read(outputfile)
> >>>>> affirmed = template.gsub("Name: __", "Name: _#{user.cn}_").gsub("Date: 
> >>>>> __", "Date: _#{current_timestamp}_")
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then, in the form method for POST, I need to write the data to the 
> >>>>> (new) file current-year/availid.txt. I have not found any code or 
> >>>>> examples how to do that.
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is a complete example:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://github.com/apache/whimsy/blob/master/www/treasurer/bill-upload.cgi#L82
> >>>>
> >>>> Important points:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) be sure to validate your inputs as this could be a security hole.
> >>>> 2) Create a temporary directory, do an empty svn checkout into it,
> >>>> write contents of the file, and do an svn add and svn commit.
> >>>
> >>> You should be able to use ASF::SVN.update() to do that.
> >>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> Craig
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Craig L Russell
> >>>>> c...@apache.org
> >>>>
> >>>> - Sam Ruby
> >>
> >> Craig L Russell
> >> c...@apache.org
> >>
>
> Craig L Russell
> c...@apache.org
>

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