Hello,

> On 20 Nov 2021, at 08:03, hofmann(a)leo-andres.de wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> 19. November 2021 12:04, "Michael Tremer" <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> schrieb:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>>>> On 18 Nov 2021, at 12:03, Leo Hofmann <hofmann(a)leo-andres.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> It is possible to refresh the log output frequently without reloading the entire page, by using
>>> Javascript/Ajax:
>>> https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_ajax_intro.asp
>>> 
>>> I'm pretty sure we could create a nice log output with Javascript. If you like, I can try to
>>> implement this :)
>> 
>> Generally I am absolutely for this, because this would much nicer. The ultimate solution would be
>> use web sockets and have the log streamed to the browser without any polling.
> 
> I've thought about that too, but I think websockets are too complex on the existing CGI side. This would
> probably require new Perl modules.

Okay. I have never done this with regular CGI scripts either.

> 
>> However, I am not sure whether this is the biggest priority right now. Depending on how much work
>> this is and if we can “fit it in” I wouldn’t object.
> 
> I guess that depends on you maintainers? If you're busy, I'd better not submit any more work.

Oh no. Quite the opposite. Anything we can spread over more shoulders is good. I am sure we will cope on here with reviewing, testing and getting it into a release if we are all working together.

So please don’t stop :)

-Michael

> 
> Regards,
> Leo
> 
>> -Michael
>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Leo
>>> 
>>> Am 16.11.2021 um 19:36 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
>> 
>> Hello Bernhard,
>> 
>> thanks for pointing this out.
>> 
>> The "page refresh" is defined and performed by the following line:
>>> &Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh'
>> 
>> content='10;'>" ); <<
>> 
>> This kind of refresh logic is untouched and worked well since many
>> years. The "http-equiv" tells the browser to do a refresh of the page
>> and the content contains the amount in seconds to wait. (See more
>> here: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_meta_http_equiv.asp)
>> 
>> I didn't noticed any problems with Firefox as browser on various
>> linux distros.
>> 
>> A very easy test would be to decrease the time interval (minimum is
>> "1") to force more periodic page reloads and check if the log output go
>> further.
>> 
>> If everything works well we may need to think about a new interval
>> value because 10 seconds nowadays may be to long for the high speed
>> hardware out there.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> -Stefan
>>> 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/pa
>>> kfire
>>> ", "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/pa
>>> kfire
>>> ", "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"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
>>> @@ -156,6 +150,7 @@ END
>>> # Update lists
>>> &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pa
>>> kfire
>>> ", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
>>> + sleep(1);
>>> }
>>> }
>>> @@ -177,44 +172,12 @@ if ($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>