Description of problem:
/usr/bin/repl-monitor.pl from 1.3.5.10-18.el7_3 and perl-5 works OK , but has
those messages that did not exist on RHEL-6 and earlier:
^* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^* <-- HERE
(\.[^:]+)*:[0-9]+\D/ at /usr/bin/repl-monitor.pl line 1071.
^* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^* <-- HERE
(\.[^:]+)*:\*:/ at /usr/bin/repl-monitor.pl line 1071.
this is a report associated with a customer request, for a possible regression.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
389-ds-base-1.3.5.10-18.el7_3.x86_64
redhat-release-server-7.3-7.el7.x86_64
perl-5.16.3-291.el7.x86_64
How reproducible:
consistently
Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a config file, for example:
cat << EOF > ./repl-monitor.conf
[connection]
*:*:*:password:
[alias]
m1 = ipaserver1.example.com:389
m2 = ipaserver2.example.com:389
[color]
0 = #ccffcc
5 = #FFFFCC
60 = #FFCCCC
EOF
2. run the tool
/usr/bin/repl-monitor.pl -h ipaserver1.example.com -p 389 -f
~/repl-monitor.conf > ~/t.html
3. verify result, looked OK:
elinks t.html -dump > t.html.elinks.output.txt
less t.html.elinks.output.txt
...snip...
                     Supplier:? ipaserver1.example.com:389
                                       Replica ID:?4 Replica
Root:?dc=example,dc=com Max CSN:?59397e81000000040000 (06/08/2017 16:42:41)
...snip...
Actual results:
tools works ok, but report of
^* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^* <-- HERE
(\.[^:]+)*:[0-9]+\D/ at /usr/bin/repl-monitor.pl line 1071.
^* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^* <-- HERE
(\.[^:]+)*:\*:/ at /usr/bin/repl-monitor.pl line 1071.
Expected results:
Additional info: