Bug 34218 – Some links are missing the filename and only have the query string

• Product: [OLD] Docs-user
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Baron "Xaprb" Schwartz 2003-11-23 13:58:04 UTC]

Some of the links in the handbook don't have the filename, but only the query
string, e.g. line 469 in the file I get by saving
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 as HTML only
with Mozilla Firebird:
<a href="?part=1&amp;chap=3">

Many browsers know what to do with this, but some don't.  I noticed a problem
with this when I booted to the LiveCD, ran screen, and kept links up in one
screen to show me the documentation as I installed in another screen.  Netscrape
4 will also break on this.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Surf to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 with
links.
2. Search for 'Configuring your Network' until you land on a link.
3. Activate the link with the right arrow key.

Actual Results:  
The browser displays the home page of the documentation.

Expected Results:  
The browser should have gone to the link location as though there were
'handbook.xml' prepended to the link.

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-11-23 21:21:42 UTC]

I'll try fixing this in the xslt. I cannot use hardcoded "handbook.xml?part=..." links as the files used are also used for other documents (the draft handbook workings and possible non-official handbook hacks).

[Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-11-24 01:43:25 UTC]

Okay, I'm going to hardcode the handbook.xml-file in the stylesheet temporarily 
until I can find out a way to get the XML code of the parent file from a 
document()'ed file.

[Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-11-24 05:56:07 UTC]

Okay, the changes are applied.