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FS#32659 - [ruby] File.expand_path raises unexpected exception
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Opened by Dmytro Kostiuchenko (edio) - Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 21:19 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Saturday, 17 November 2012, 13:36 GMT
Opened by Dmytro Kostiuchenko (edio) - Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 21:19 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Saturday, 17 November 2012, 13:36 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
recent ruby update seems to have a regression and particularly has braken suckless's wmii ruby configuration. Method File.expand_path raises "incompatible character exception" spontaneosly. Issue is not present in ruby-1.9.3_p286-1. P.S. Can't report upstream right now as ruby official bug tracker is out of order. Additional info: * package version(s) ruby-1.9.3_p327-1 Steps to reproduce: Code that fails spontaneously for me: def launch *args if label = curr_client.label.read rescue nil label.split(/[\s\[\]\{\}\(\)<>"':]+/).reverse_each do |word| if File.exist? path = File.expand_path(word) # here exception rises path = File.dirname(path) unless File.directory? path Dir.chdir(path){ launch! *args } return end end end launch! *args end |
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Closed by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 13:36 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: See last comment
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 13:36 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: See last comment
I will take a more in depth view once I get a minimal reproducible test case.
At first, I've messed with nicknames, and I meant actually sunaku's configuration
https://github.com/sunaku/wmiirc
Here is that code snippet
https://github.com/sunaku/wmiirc/blob/master/lib/wmiirc/system.rb#L10
I'm not familiar with ruby, and I can only say that the function is invoked to launch applications. Argument is usually a name of a program from PATH. For me it crashed with arguments "keepassx", "konsole", "firefox", "xxkb", "killall xxkb", etc.. It was not regularly. For example, it might work for several invokations, and eventually crash with "konsole". Dozen of subsequent calls would also crash, but then it would also back to normal.
I'm not able currently to update ruby package to reproduce. On weekend I will try to reproduce and provide stack trace or any other required info.
Thanks.
Stacktrace of error is in attachment.
That snippet of code gets currently active window in wmii, reads it title, and if some part of the title (variable word) is the file or directory, than it launches application (whichs name is passed as an argument) in the directory word.
Error is only reproducible when I try to launch new application while konsole window with title "edio : ..." is active.
If it the case, than word variable somehow became equal to "â\200\223".
So the problem is obviously not in the File.expand_path itself but in wmii itself in conjunction with some function that comes lower in stacktrace. I'm going to review the code and investigate it.
As for this report, perhaps we can close it as invalid. If I find an issue in the ruby itself, I'll make another report. Though any hints and suggestions are highly appreciated, as I'm not familiar with ruby at all.
Thanks.
https://github.com/sunaku/wmiirc/issues/46
For me â\200\223 was the utf8 en-dash character.