Re: Trying to run gnatsweb [SUMMARY]

Yngve Svendsen wrote:

> Paul Richardson wrote:
> 
>> Hi all, I have installed gnats version 4.0 and am now in the process 
>> of trying to run/debug gnatsweb. When I try and run the “test” script 
>> I get the error “Gnatsweb unable to connect to the GNATS server”, 
>> debugging this problem I notice that the “test” script fails when it 
>> calls the subroutine init_fieldinfo. This subroutine is actually 
>> implemented in the file gnatsweb.pl. Specfically there is a a 
>> subroutine call “ client_cmd(“list InitialRequiredFields”) which 
>> fails. I actually tried this list command myself by telnet’ing into 
>> the gnats server and trying the command by hand, upon doing so I get 
>> the response “416 No such list as InitialRequiredFields”
>>
>>  
>>
>> Is it safe to try and remove this particular call to client_cmd from 
>> the test to get a positive result,
>>
> 
> Paul,
> 
> I am unable to reproduce this. Are you running the final version of 
> GNATS 4.0? The InitialRequiredFields functionality was implemented 
> rather late in 4.0 development, either right before beta 2 or right 
> after it. You need to check that your gnatsd comes from the final 
> version of 4.0.
> 
> Yngve Svendsen
> Gnatsweb maintainer

Just a quick summary: It turned out that the gnatsd being run was indeed 
a pre-release version of 4.0 which didn't have the required functionality.

- Yngve