November 2004 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Some directives to set mod_perl
by Andrés Tarallo 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

I'll asumme that you have installed mod_perl (from RPMs, compiling), koha is running in /usr/local/koha and you have apache 2.0.49 (I'm under SuSE 9.1). First in your mod_perl-startup.pl change *use lib qw( /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules ); *to: *use lib qw(/srv/www/perl-lib /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules );* Now go to your http configuration and find where you have the virtual servers. for each virtual server add something like this: *<Location /cgi-bin/koha/> # mod_perl mode SetHandler perl-script PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry PerlOptions +ParseHeaders Options +ExecCGI </Location> * More or less this is my setup, this is not a howto, maybe someone can write something more detailed.

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Re: [Koha] koha 2.0rc1 and Apache::Registry
by Andrés Tarallo 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

We have a running instalation of Koha 2.1.2, "it works", but has many glitches that prevent us to putting into production. We have a set of bugfixes and is working without complaints from the users We hope to have time this week that is beginning to install 2.2.0rc2 and port our patches to 2.2.0rc2. Most of the problems are in the C4 module. Andres MJ Ray wrote: >> mod_perl)? > > is koha 2.0rc1 known not to run right with Apache::Registry (i.e., under > > That's a fairly old version. However, 2.0.2 is known not to work > correctly under mod_perl and I doubt that the official 2.0 series will > have mod_perl support added. I'm conservative about 2.0 - only > bugfixes, not new features, in general. > > koha-2.2 should be out soon and I think Ernesto and others are fixing > it for mod_perl use because they need it. I'm sure they'd appreciate > help debugging it, if you have time to download 2.2.0rc2 and > test/patch it. >

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Upgrade 2.2RC1 fails
by cjones12＠joimail.com 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

I'm really excited to give 2.2 a try. However, upgrading failed today. Here's what uprader says: Copying files to installation directories:Copying old admin templates to /usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs200411180831. Copying admin templates to /usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs. cp: `/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs': specified destination directory does not exist Try `cp --help' for more information. Copying old admin interface to /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin200411180831. Copying admin interface to /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin. cp: `/usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin': specified destination directory does not exist Try `cp --help' for more information. Copying old main scripts to /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts200411180831. Copying main scripts to /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts. cp: `/usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts': specified destination directory does not exist Try `cp --help' for more information. Copying old perl modules to /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules200411180831. Copying perl modules to /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules. Copying OPAC templates to /usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs. cp: `/usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs': specified destination directory does not exist Try `cp --help' for more information. Copying OPAC interface to /usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin. cp: `/usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin': specified destination directory does not exist Try `cp --help' for more information. touch: cannot touch `/usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac': No such file or directory print() on closed filehandle FILE at Install.pm line 1678. can't chown /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/z3950-daemon-shell.sh: No such file or directory at Install.pm line 1683. can't chown /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue: No such file or directory at Install.pm line 1684. OLD FILES Any files from the previous edition of Koha have been copied to a dated backup directory alongside the new installation. You should move any custom files that you want to keep (such as your site templates) into the new directories and then move the backup off of the live server. Press ENTER to continue: Can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at scripts/updater/updatedatabase line 22. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at scripts/updater/updatedatabase line 22. Problem updating database... propensity:/build/koha-2.2.0RC1#

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Re: [Koha-devel] Time for another Koha meeting
by Owen Leonard 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

> Can we make the meeting Thursday this week? > > 11PM (9PM GMT) if at all possible? If you mean Thursday November 25, that's Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., a national holiday. No one will be at work, and only the real fanatics will be in #koha ;) -- Owen

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Koha 2.2.0RC1 is out...
by Paul POULAIN 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

All informations here : http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=283087 PS : help is needed for bug hunting, of course... -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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circulation on Koha 2.2.0 and issuingrules
by Paul POULAIN 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hi, Seems there's something that must be explained on Koha 2.2.0... The issuingrules MUST be set again, even if you upgraded from Koha 2.0. It's due to the new structure of issuingrules. So, you must : * set issuingrules for a given borrowertype / branch / itemtype * ALSO set issuingrules for * (all of them) Otherwise, you're saying : - a "student" can issue up to 5 "book" in "main branch" - "anybody (*)" can issue up to 0 "book" in "main branch" - a "student" can issue up to 0 "any item (*)" in "main branch" If you miss this, you will always have to confirm each issuing, which is quite poor... PS : pour les lecteurs francophones, désolé, je fais au plus rapide... -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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bugs in 2.2.0RC1
by Paul POULAIN 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hi, 3 bugs have been found (and fixed) in Koha 2.2.0RC1 : * import in reservoir : bug that makes title & isbn being empty instead of being correctly found. * OPAC : it was possible to reserve books that were "notforloan" * Circulation : no warning when a reserve was made on a book that you try to issue to someone else. I'll release a 2.2.0RC1b today or next day (with some french translation improvements probably) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Circulation warning messages
by Owen Leonard 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

In previous version of Koha if you tried to issue a book which was reserved for another patron, you would be presented with a question along the lines of: Item is reserved, continue with check-out? If you said yes, it would then ask you if you wanted to cancel the reserve--this is helpful because sometimes a man comes in to check out an item for his wife. He uses his card, so the reserve has to be overridden, but the reserve can also be cancelled, because the transaction is actually fulfilling the reserve. It looks like this process is gone in the latest release. This is a severe reduction in functionality as far as our day- to-day workflow is concerned. It's *very* important to us that this feature be restored! -- Owen ---- Web Developer Nelsonville Public Library http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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Re: I think theres a Bug in new 2.2 Koha release
by Andrés Tarallo 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

I don't think so. You must have the following lines added to your virtual hosts configuration: SetEnv PERL5LIB "/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules" SetEnv KOHA_CONF "/etc/koha.conf" please set KOHA_CONF to wherever is your koha configuration file. Hope this helps Andrés PS: There're a few bugs in the context.pm module when you're working under mod_perl. We at ORT are working to fix them, since a greater performance is achieved when working under mod_perl. Harry Jackson wrote: > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 110. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 111. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 112. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 113. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 189. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 190. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 191. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 192. > Global symbol "$context" requires explicit package name at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue line 193. > > > To fix > > Add the following line: > > my $context = C4::Context->new("/path to/koha.conf"); > > to > > /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/z3950daemon/processz3950queue > > The line needs to go before the first use of the $context variable. > Replace "path to" with the directory of where your koha.conf file is. > > Harry

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OPAC ideas
by Owen Leonard 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

One thing I think would go a long way towards making Koha's OPAC really great: Right now we've got two really good features in the OPAC: the book basket and virtual shelves (virtual shelves still need some work). What we really need to do, I think, is combine these two things and integrate them better into the OPAC. Users need the ability to convert their book basket to a virtual shelf ("Save as Virtual Shelf") for later use. And users need the ability to reserve all items in their basket or on a virtual shelf. (Librarians should have a similar ability to do bulk reserves for a particular patron from the intranet, but adding the feature in the OPAC is more important). If I had the skills I'd do this myself, but I don't. I really think that making these changes is an important goal, so I hope someone will take this on. -- Owen ---- Web Developer Nelsonville Public Library http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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