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Id: 19665
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Bencode
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Owner: ARISTOTLE [...] cpan.org
Requestors: DarGo [...] sPam.lA
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Severity: Wishlist
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  Fri Jun 02 18:36:41 2006 Guest - Ticket created
Subject: need lenient bdecode option
I've found many invalid torrents where the bencode format is slightly violated (mostly key sort order) and would like to bdecode them and then bencode them to create a valid torrent. since your module doesn't make it possible, I use Convert::Bencode to parse them, then Bencode to create to create the new torrent. would be nice if your module would also be able to bdecode in a lenient manner.
  Sat Jun 03 19:47:13 2006 ARISTOTLE [...] cpan.org - Taken
  Tue Jun 06 21:00:11 2006 ARISTOTLE [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Fri Sep 08 21:11:17 2006 pagaltzis [...] gmx.de - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #19665] need lenient bdecode option
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 03:11:19 +0200
To: Guest via RT <bug-Bencode [...] rt.cpan.org>
From: "A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis [...] gmx.de>
(Sorry it took me so long to get to this.) * Guest via RT <bug-Bencode@rt.cpan.org> [2006-06-03 00:40]: Show quoted text
> I've found many invalid torrents where the bencode format is > slightly violated (mostly key sort order) and would like to > bdecode them and then bencode them to create a valid torrent.
Permitting mis-sorted dictionaries in torrents is no big deal, I guess. But what other format violations did you encounter? Others could potentially be much harder to allow for given the way the code works.
  Sun Nov 04 13:42:38 2007 ARISTOTLE [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
1.2 is on its way to the CPAN. It includes an option to decode leniently. Please test it and see if it helps. If not, please reply; until further notice, I consider this ticket resolved.
  Sun Nov 04 13:42:40 2007 ARISTOTLE [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'