[db-wg] Help needed to delete an object via email

At 09:50 07/08/2015 +0200, Piotr Strzyzewski wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 09:52:20AM +0300, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>
>Hank,
>
> > I believe I have encountered a bug with email processing of updates via
> > auto-dbm at ripe and have not been able to engage the people there via ticket
> > NCC#2015080034.   I reported it and the ticket was quickly closed without
> > being solved.   I therefore ask for help from the hive-mind.
> >
> > The recently added "remarks:" line is causing parsing problems.  The line
> > looks like this:
> >
> > remarks:        For information on "status:" attribute read
> > https://www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/faq/faq-status-values-legacy-resources
> >
> > First I tried editing an object but the parser kept chopping the line as
> > follows:
> >
> >> remarks:        For information on "status:" attribute read
> >> https: //www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/faq/faq-status-values-legacy-resources
> >> ***Error:   "https" is not a known RPSL attribute
> >
> > So I just deleted the line and was able to update the object.  But now I
> > want to delete an intenum object with the "remarks" line.  When I do 
> that I
> > get:
> >
> >> remarks:        For information on "status:" attribute read
> >> https: //www.ripe.net/data-tools/db/faq/faq-status-values-legacy-resources
> >> ...
> >> created:        1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
> >> last-modified:  2014-05-27T13:18:49Z
> >> source:         RIPE
> >>
> >> ***Error:   Object [inetnum] 192.114.48.0 - 192.114.63.255 doesn't match
> >> version
> >>             in database
> >
> > The parser again chops the line at https and auto-starts a new line and
> > therefore flags the entry as not macthing the version in the DB.
> >
> > Is there a workaround for this?  Some escape character that will cause it
> > not to break the line?
>
>Are you absolutely sure that this is not due to some other reasons?
>I have "reproduced" your object under my ip space just a minute ago and
>was able to delete it without any problems via email interface. The only
>important difference is that it doesn't have LEGACY status. I have
>created it one more time - take a look at 83.230.58.0/24. Just let me
>know if you see any meaningful differences to 192.114.48.0/20.

Indeed your object looks correct and has the proper remarks line.   Someone 
else encountered the same issue with a legacy object so the bug might be 
specific to LEGACY objects only.

-Hank


>Piotr
>
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