Bug 190974

Summary:	po2xml: endless loop on empty para tag
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Frans Pop <elendil>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	XML file that shows the issue

Description Frans Pop 2009-04-28 23:12:18 UTC

Version:           4.2.2 (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

If the source XML file contains an empty <para> tag, po2xml from KDE 4.2.2 will end up in an endless loop: the warning "found empty tag para" is printed endlessly.

This is a regression as the version from KDE 3.5 handled that situation correctly: it would print the warning once and continue to generate a correct translated XML file.

I'll attach an XML file that reproduces the behavior with the following command sequence:
$ xml2pot test.xml >test.pot
$ mv test.pot test.po
$ po2xml test.xml test.po >/dev/null

Comment 1 Frans Pop 2009-04-28 23:13:47 UTC

Created attachment 33200 [details]
XML file that shows the issue

Comment 2 Frans Pop 2009-04-29 17:58:17 UTC

Looks like this may just be some weird compilation or library issue in Debian. After rebuilding the kdesdk source package myself I can no longer reproduce the bug.

Also, looking at the changes between the 3.5 and the 4.2.2 versions I cannot see any obvious reason for the issue.

Comment 3 Frans Pop 2009-06-05 00:58:51 UTC

The problem resolved itself with the upload of kdesdk 4.2.4 to Debian unstable.