From: Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
Subject: Re: Foliate not working
To: ports@openbsd.org
Cc: Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@bsdfrog.org>
Date: Mon,  4 Mar 2024 23:58:42 +0000

Cc'ing MAINTAINER.

On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 01:42:08AM +0000, Chris Narkiewicz wrote:
> I'm trying to open ebook using foliate, but it fails to open it.
> 
> Here is the stdout/stderr output:
> 
> foliate 
> dict: unknown option -- formatted
> dict 1.9.15/rf on OpenBSD 7.4
> Copyright 1997-2002 Rickard E. Faith (faith@dict.org)
> 
> Usage: dict [options] [word]
> Query a dictd server for the definition of a word
> 
> -h --host <server>        specify server
> -p --port <service>       specify port
> -d --database <dbname>    select a database to search
> -m --match                match instead of define
> -s --strategy <strategy>  strategy for matching or defining
> -c --config <file>        specify configuration file
> -C --nocorrect            disable attempted spelling correction
> -D --dbs                  show available databases
> -S --strats               show available search strategies
> -H --serverhelp           show server help
> -i --info <dbname>        show information about a database
> -I --serverinfo           show information about the server
> -a --noauth               disable authentication
> -u --user <username>      username for authentication
> -k --key <key>            shared secret for authentication
> -V --version              display version information
> -L --license              display copyright and license information
>    --help                 display this help
> -v --verbose              be verbose
> -r --raw                  trace raw transaction
> -P --pager program        specify program to use as pager (- for none)
>    --debug <flag>         set debugging flag
>    --pipesize <size>      specify buffer size for pipelining (256)
>    --client <text>        additional text for client command
> WARNING: Kernel has no file descriptor comparison support: Resource temporarily unavailable
> WARNING: Kernel has no file descriptor comparison support: Operation not supported by device
> 
> (com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate:33648): Gjs-WARNING **: 01:33:26.836: JS ERROR: Error: Empty Response
> _init/<@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:623:57
> _handleAction@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:886:22
> _init/<@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/epubView.js:617:18
> main@resource:///com/github/johnfactotum/Foliate/js/main.js:478:24
> run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
> @/usr/local/bin/foliate:9:17
> 
> 
> I can see 2 issues here.
> 1. it calls dict with some long option and fails with goofy stdout output.
> 2. there is some JS issue when loading a book
> 3. some kernel warning messages, not sure what to think about it
> 
> I'm wondering if this is a known issue? Related to epub content?

Haven't used foliate before, but using textproc/dictd seemed interesting,
but there seems to be no "dict" or "formatted" invocation in WRKSRC...

> The book in question is ADP 6-0
> https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=1007502
> in epub format.

Works for me on -current, just like other free Gutenberg .epub files.

> I'd be grateful for any advise.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris