"Repeat the search online" does not work

Thanks for the report confirming, but that's it's a ubuntu-docs issue it needs to update the version. (at least for the docs issue) you might want to open a new task for the server side one.

This string isn't from ubuntu-docs its in the Yelp source in yelp-search-parser.c

Still looking into it.

As far as I can tell the version string is disregarded in the current online search, so we can drop that bit of the yelp patch.

It looks as though the URL needed is http://search.ubuntu.com/results2.html?cx=009650792990864903260%3A-lsdjshi1tu&cof=FORID%3A11&q=SEARCHQUERY

Assuming the cx and cof url params are something to identify our google custom search to google.

The change to the online search will have broken every single supported version of Ubuntu, do we wish to do a server side redirect for them?

Not to split hairs but it's the ubuntu-website that has changed and yelp which has the search patch.

Yes I agree, lets do it server side. I went through yelps source last night and am unclear which XSL gives the string in question (from the comments in yelp-search-parser.c) - I certainly couldn't find it. Perhaps it would be worth bringing yelp back in first, as it might be more obvious than I read it, especially as my C is rusty.

Dougie Richardson wrote:
> Yes I agree, lets do it server side. I went through yelps source last
> night and am unclear which XSL gives the string in question (from the
> comments in yelp-search-parser.c)

Looking at jaunty it's ONLINE_URL in yelp-search-parser.c line 300 or
so, that constant is patched in 06_ubuntu_online_url.patch

Oh right I see it now. We need the website team to sort out the URL though before patching.

The URL for the search should be:

http://search.ubuntu.com/results2.html?cx=009650792990864903260%3A-lsdjshi1tu&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=query

I expect this URL to persist for some time so it is safe to use.

I've created an RT (#35121) to have a rewrite rule created. However I've not tried to rewrite based on query strings before. I know this isn't correct but it's close... anyone have a suggestion for the right syntax?

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=([^&]*)
RewriteRule ^help$
/results2.html?cx=009650792990864903260%3A-lsdjshi1tu&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=%1

Goal is turn a url like this:

    http://search.ubuntu.com/help?os=ubuntu&ver=8.04&q=query

into

    http://search.ubuntu.com/results2.html?cx=009650792990864903260%3A-lsdjshi1tu&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=query

It's a ubuntu patch to yelp and a ubuntu website fix that needs making, not upstream yelp.

Looks like http://search.ubuntu.com/help?os=ubuntu&ver=8.04&q=query now redirects

Marking the ubuntu-docs task as invalid. ubuntu-website now has a redirect so that this will work. I've proposed a merge to correct the url in yelp so the redirect isn't relied upon forever.

STOP EMAILING ME NOTIFICATIONS.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:

> Marking the ubuntu-docs task as invalid. ubuntu-website now has a
> redirect so that this will work. I've proposed a merge to correct the
> url in yelp so the redirect isn't relied upon forever.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
> --
> "Repeat the search online" does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388750
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> Documentation Project Team, which is a direct subscriber.
>
> Status in Ubuntu Website Product: Fix Released
> Status in The Yelp Help Browser for Gnome: Invalid
> Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “yelp” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: yelp
>
> This seems to be a perennial problem, which is why I'm reporting it again
> -- when clicking the "Repeat the search online at the Ubuntu Help Pages"
> link at the bottom of Yelp's search results, it opens a browser window with
> the url:
> http://search.ubuntu.com/help?os=ubuntu&ver=8.04&q=query
> First off, while there is a server running at search.ubuntu.com, it
> returns a 404 for /help. Second of all, even if the server were working, the
> version in the URL is 8.04, however I'm running 9.04.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: yelp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
>

Justin White wrote:
> STOP EMAILING ME NOTIFICATIONS.

>> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
>> Documentation Project Team, which is a direct subscriber.

You're getting emails because you have joined the Ubuntu Documentation
Contributors team on launchpad. That team gets emails as it is part of
the Ubuntu Documentation Team which has an interest in this issue (I
think :))

You can remove yourself from the team by visiting
http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-doc-contributors.

Thanks,
Dean

Thank you,

I must have unsubscribed at the wrong place

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:

> Justin White wrote:
> > STOP EMAILING ME NOTIFICATIONS.
>
> >> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> >> Documentation Project Team, which is a direct subscriber.
>
> You're getting emails because you have joined the Ubuntu Documentation
> Contributors team on launchpad. That team gets emails as it is part of
> the Ubuntu Documentation Team which has an interest in this issue (I
> think :))
>
> You can remove yourself from the team by visiting
> http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-doc-contributors<http://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-doc-contributors>
> .
>
> Thanks,
> Dean
>
> --
> "Repeat the search online" does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388750
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> Documentation Project Team, which is a direct subscriber.
>
> Status in Ubuntu Website Product: Fix Released
> Status in The Yelp Help Browser for Gnome: Invalid
> Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “yelp” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: yelp
>
> This seems to be a perennial problem, which is why I'm reporting it again
> -- when clicking the "Repeat the search online at the Ubuntu Help Pages"
> link at the bottom of Yelp's search results, it opens a browser window with
> the url:
> http://search.ubuntu.com/help?os=ubuntu&ver=8.04&q=query
> First off, while there is a server running at search.ubuntu.com, it
> returns a 404 for /help. Second of all, even if the server were working, the
> version in the URL is 8.04, however I'm running 9.04.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: yelp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
>

Thank you for posting this bug.

Does this still happen in Lucid?

Nope, it works now.

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:46 PM, rusivi1 <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for posting this bug.
>
> Does this still happen in Lucid?
>
> ** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> "Repeat the search online" does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388750
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

Bug reporter confirms that it is working now