#168623 htdig: parse_doc.pl does not redirect enough error output to /dev/null, annoys root

Package:
htdig
Source:
htdig
Description:
web search and indexing system - binaries
Submitter:
Admin
Date:
2005-07-18 03:20:25 UTC
Severity:
normal
#168623#5
Date:
2002-11-11 07:38:47 UTC
From:
To:
On my system parse_doc.pl uses pdftotext to read PDF-Files. This
produces warnings about corrupt index tables etc., so I got mail
everyday, which is very annoying. I edited the line in parse_doc.pl that
invokes the pdf-parser to redirect 2>/dev/null. Maybe that should be the
default. Not too sure because this maybe supresses legitimate error
messages as well. pdftotext does not provide an option to disable these
warnings...

greetings, Florian