Ensure that the missing helper is listed in the log for all affected documents

src/internfile/mh_exec.cpp

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include "safesyswait.h"
 
-#include <list>
-
 #include "cstr.h"
 #include "execmd.h"
 #include "mh_exec.h"
@@ -131,6 +129,7 @@ bool MimeHandlerExec::next_document()
     m_havedoc = false;
     if (missingHelper) {
         LOGDEB("MimeHandlerExec::next_document(): helper known missing\n");
+        m_reason = whatHelper;
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -186,21 +185,18 @@ bool MimeHandlerExec::next_document()
             // missing cmd.
             missingHelper = true;
             m_reason = string("RECFILTERROR HELPERNOTFOUND ") + cmd;
+            whatHelper = m_reason;
         } else if (output.find("RECFILTERROR") == 0) {
             // If the output string begins with RECFILTERROR, then it's 
             // interpretable error information out from a recoll script
             m_reason = output;
-            list<string> lerr;
+            std::string::size_type pos;
-            stringToStrings(output, lerr);
+            if ((pos = output.find("RECFILTERROR ")) == 0) {
-            if (lerr.size() > 2) {
+                if (output.find("HELPERNOTFOUND") != string::npos) {
-                list<string>::iterator it = lerr.begin();
-                it++;
-                if (*it == "HELPERNOTFOUND") {
-                    // No use trying again and again to execute this filter, 
-                    // it won't work.
                     missingHelper = true;
+                    whatHelper = output.substr(pos);
                 }
-            }            
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }

src/internfile/mh_exec.h

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public:
     // line option.
     std::string cfgFilterOutputCharset; 
     bool missingHelper{false};
+    std::string whatHelper;
     // Resource management values
 
     // The filtermaxseconds default is set in the constructor by

src/internfile/mh_execm.cpp

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 #include "autoconfig.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "safesyswait.h"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
-using namespace std;
 
 #include "cstr.h"
 #include "mh_execm.h"
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #include "idfile.h"
 #include "rclutil.h"
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
+using namespace std;
-#include "safesyswait.h"
 
 bool MimeHandlerExecMultiple::startCmd()
 {
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ bool MimeHandlerExecMultiple::startCmd()
     if (m_cmd.startExec(cmd, myparams, 1, 1) < 0) {
         m_reason = string("RECFILTERROR HELPERNOTFOUND ") + cmd;
         missingHelper = true;
+        whatHelper = cmd;
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -109,10 +109,13 @@ bool MimeHandlerExecMultiple::readDataElement(string& name, string &data)
 
     // Filters will sometimes abort before entering the real protocol, ie if
     // a module can't be loaded. Check the special filter error first word:
-    if (ibuf.find("RECFILTERROR ") == 0) {
+    std::string::size_type pos;
+    if ((pos = ibuf.find("RECFILTERROR ")) == 0) {
         m_reason = ibuf;
-        if (ibuf.find("HELPERNOTFOUND") != string::npos)
+        if (ibuf.find("HELPERNOTFOUND") != string::npos) {
             missingHelper = true;
+            whatHelper = ibuf.substr(pos);
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ bool MimeHandlerExecMultiple::next_document()
 
     if (missingHelper) {
         LOGDEB("MHExecMultiple::next_document(): helper known missing\n");
+        m_reason = whatHelper;
         return false;
     }