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--- a/doc/bugs/attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/attachment:_failed_to_get_filehandle.mdwn
@@ -37,10 +37,59 @@ the error message like below:
 >>>>> older than 2.47. Can you find your system's CGI.pm and grep for
 >>>>> "VERSION" in it to determine the version? I checked debian stable.
 >>>>> and its perl 5.8.8 has version 3.15, so is not affected, I think.
->>>>> 
+
+>>>>>> I have CGI.pm 3.15 too: 
+
+>>>>>>     $ grep VERSION= /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/CGI.pm
+>>>>>>     $CGI::VERSION='3.15';
+
 >>>>> I've just checked in a fix that should work, can you test it?
 >>>>> [diff](http://git.ikiwiki.info/?p=ikiwiki;a=commitdiff;h=71f10579c00a8ddc20ada1a1efd33aac25a3da7e) --[[Joey]]
 
+>>>>>> I've patched `attachment.pm` module, but the bug still occurs.
+>>>>>> However I can see a little progress. I changed invoking `error()`
+>>>>>> subroutine like you showed me before and now Ikiwiki prints
+
+>>>>>>     failed to get filehandle:test.txt ; file:sandbox/test.txt ; is ref:
+
+>>>>>> --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>>>>>> Well then, your CGI.pm is somehow not behaving as its documentation
+>>>>>>> describes, in two ways:
+>>>>>>> 1. `upload()` is not returning a reference to the filehandle
+>>>>>>> 2. The filename returned by `param("attachment")` is not also
+>>>>>>>    a file handle.
+>>>>>>> That seems very broken. I can try to work around it some more
+>>>>>>> though. I've checked in a second try at dealing with things, can
+>>>>>>> you try it? --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>>> Do you mean that [diff](http://git.ikiwiki.info/?p=ikiwiki;a=commitdiff;h=66f35e30dcea03c631a293e2341771277543b4ae)?
+>>>>>>>> If so, then it causes "Internal Server Error" for me:
+
+>>>>>>>>     Can't use string ("test.txt") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm line 144.
+
+>>>>>>>> I can rebuild Debian stable source package with CGI for Perl. Maybe it will help me? What do you think? --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>>>>>>>> Silly thinko on my part, fixed that in git.. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the fix, Joey! Now CGI doesn't fails, but still no success with attaching file:
+
+>>>>>>>>>>     failed to open : No such file or directory
+
+>>>>>>>>>> Do you have any another idea how to resolve that problem? I can try with rebuilding
+>>>>>>>>>> package `perl-modules` if it's necessary in that situation. --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+>>>>>>>>>>> If CGI.pm is not creating a temp file, not providing a
+>>>>>>>>>>> filehandle by either of its documented methods, then it's just
+>>>>>>>>>>> broken; ikiwiki can't deal with that level of brokennecess.
+>>>>>>>>>>> I need to find out if this affects stable in general, or just
+>>>>>>>>>>> you/ubuntu. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>>>>>>> Same thing on FreeBSD using CGI.pm 3.15. Looks like $self->{'.tmpfiles'} in CGI.pm
+>>>>>>>>>>>> is not populated with the information about the uploaded file, causing tmpFileName()
+>>>>>>>>>>>> to return '' (unloadInfo(), which uses the same lookup method fails in the same manner),
+>>>>>>>>>>>> but I have yet to find out why this happens. --[[HenrikBrixAndersen]]
+
 The same message I can see in the Apache log file. There is also
 following warning:
 
@@ -50,6 +99,17 @@ following warning:
 
 Is it Ikiwiki bug or my attachment plugin is misconfigured? --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
 
-> Joey, please fix the colon in page name of my report. [...]
+> I've reproduced the bug, and it does seem to be a bug with the perl in
+> debian stable/ubuntu hardy. Trying to figure it out --[[Joey]]
+
+> This was amazingly disgusting, see commit message for the full horror of
+> the details. I think it's [[done]] -- at least it works on debian stable
+> now. --[[Joey]]
+
+>> Wow! It's probably the biggest Ikiwiki commit message I've ever seen :)
+
+>> Yes, I can confirm that now the plugin works for me and I'm able to add
+>> attachments to my wiki. Yupiii! :D
+>> Thanks a lot, Joey! You're really great! :) --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
 
->> Moved to [[colon:problem]] --[[Joey]]
+>> Thank you very much for your effort, Joey! :) --[[Paweł|ptecza]]