Hello Stefan,

the logs are only displayed once ( the last 20 lines ).
The aim of the change was a refreshing of this log to show the progress 
of the pakfire function, if I remember right.
I tried to implement this, but with no success. :(

- Bernhard

Am 16.11.2021 um 05:47 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
> Hello Bernhard,
> 
> thanks for testing and your feedback.
>> Reviewed-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
>> Tested-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
>>
>> Okay, the old behaviour is reinstalled. Remains the problem with the
>> page reload.
> 
> I'm sorry I do not exactly understand which problem do you mean here -
> please provide some more details.
> 
> A big thanks in advance,
> 
> -Stefan
> 
>>
>> Am 15.11.2021 um 21:23 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
>>> Trying to get rid of the system backpipe check if a pakfire is
>>> running
>>> does not work very well. It simply makes the code more complex and
>>> only introduced some new problems.
>>>
>>> This commit switches back to the old logic which worked well in the
>>> past.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
>>> ---
>>>    html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 57 +++++++----------------------------
>>> -----
>>>    1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>> index f2381f031..4d6eee284 100644
>>> --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
>>> @@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
>>>    $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
>>>    $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
>>>    
>>> -my $page_lock;
>>> -
>>>    sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-
>>> equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img
>>> src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font
>>> color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::clos
>>> ebox();}
>>>    
>>>    &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
>>> @@ -59,9 +57,8 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1,
>>> "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
>>>    if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e
>>> $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>          my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
>>>          if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>> -               # Lock the page.
>>> -               $page_lock = "1";
>>>                  &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire
>>> ", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> +               sleep(1);
>>>          } else {
>>>                  &Header::openbox("100%", "center",
>>> $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>                  my @output =
>>> &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "-
>>> -no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> @@ -98,9 +95,8 @@ END
>>>    } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e
>>> $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>>          my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
>>>          if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
>>> -               # Lock the page.
>>> -               $page_lock = "1";
>>>                  &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire
>>> ", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> +               sleep(1);
>>>          } else {
>>>                  &Header::openbox("100%", "center",
>>> $Lang::tr{'request'});
>>>                  my @output =
>>> &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "-
>>> -no-colors", @pkgs);
>>> @@ -136,13 +132,11 @@ END
>>>          }
>>>    
>>>    } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e
>>> $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>> -       # Set variable to lock the page.
>>> -       $page_lock = "1";
>>>          &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire",
>>> "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>>> +       sleep(1);
>>>    } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e
>>> $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
>>> -       # Lock the page.
>>> -       $page_lock = "1";
>>>          &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire",
>>> "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
>>> +       sleep(1);
>>>    } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
>>>          $pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
>>>    
>>> @@ -156,6 +150,7 @@ END
>>>    
>>>                  # Update lists
>>>                  &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire
>>> ", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>>> +               sleep(1);
>>>          }
>>>    }
>>>    
>>> @@ -177,44 +172,12 @@ if ($errormessage) {
>>>          &Header::closebox();
>>>    }
>>>    
>>> -# Check if a page lock is required.
>>> -if ($page_lock) {
>>> -       &Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
>>> -               print <<END;
>>> -               <table>
>>> -                       <tr>
>>> -                               <td>
>>> -                                       <img
>>> src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}'
>>> title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
>>> -                               </td>
>>> -
>>> -                               <td>
>>> -                                       $Lang::tr{'pakfire
>>> working'}
>>> -                               </td>
>>> -                       </tr>
>>> -               </table>
>>> -END
>>> -       &Header::closebox();
>>> -
>>> -       # Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is
>>> present.
>>> -       while($page_lock) {
>>> -               unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>> -                       sleep(1);
>>> -               } else {
>>> -                       # Release page lock.
>>> -                       undef($page_lock);
>>> -
>>> -                       # Break loop.
>>> -                       last;
>>> -               }
>>> -       }
>>> -
>>> -       # Perform page reload.
>>> -       print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
>>> -       exit;
>>> -}
>>> +# Check if pakfire is already running.
>>> +#
>>> +# The system backpipe command is safe, because no user input is
>>> computed.
>>> +my $pid = `pidof pakfire`;
>>>    
>>> -# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is
>>> present.
>>> -if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
>>> +if ($pid) {
>>>          &Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh'
>>> content='10;'>" );
>>>          print <<END;
>>>          <table>
>>>
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