* external: Fix support of XML::RPC::fault.

IkiWiki/Plugin/external.pm

@@ -59,15 +59,17 @@ sub rpc_call ($$;@) { #{{{
 			error("XML RPC parser failure: $r") unless ref $r;
 			if ($r->isa('RPC::XML::response')) {
 				my $value=$r->value;
-				if ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
+				if ($r->is_fault($value)) {
+					# throw the error as best we can
+					print STDERR $value->string."\n";
+					return "";
+				}
+				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
 					return @{$value->value};
 				}
 				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::struct')) {
 					return %{$value->value};
 				}
-				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::fault')) {
-					die $value->string;
-				}
 				else {
 					return $value->value;
 				}
@@ -177,7 +179,8 @@ sub hook ($@) { #{{{
 	delete $params{call};
 
 	IkiWiki::hook(%params, call => sub {
-		IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_)
+		my $ret=IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_);
+		return $ret;
 	});
 } #}}}
 

debian/changelog

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ikiwiki (2.41) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Closes: #470530
   * Fix expiry of old recentchanges changeset pages.
   * French translation update. Closes: #471010
+  * external: Fix support of XML::RPC::fault.
 
  -- martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>  Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:46:38 +0100
 

doc/bugs/ikiwiki_renders___39__28__39___if_external_plugins_return_nothing.mdwn

@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ If the rst2html procedure of the rst external plugin returns None (e.g. when it
 In addition to the broken plugin, this seems like a bug in ikiwiki, which should probably output an informational message about the plugin returning an invalid value.
 
 --[[madduck]]
+
+> [[done]], I made it print the thrown error message to stderr, and return
+> "", which seems better than dying of the thrown error entirely. --[[Joey]]