From 3ade30c0ae52d4c63296350d5d8fa2401105477f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Rister <krister@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:06:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: when a get_json_setting query fails the query_return
 value will be undefined so it must be treated appropriately

---
 perl/toolbox/jsonsettings.pm | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/perl/toolbox/jsonsettings.pm b/perl/toolbox/jsonsettings.pm
index b7ba315..0056f0e 100644
--- a/perl/toolbox/jsonsettings.pm
+++ b/perl/toolbox/jsonsettings.pm
@@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ sub get_json_setting {
 	}
     }
 
-    debug_log(sprintf "get_json_setting(): returning query_rc=%d and query_return='%s'\n", $query_rc, $query_return);
-  
+    if (defined $query_return) {
+        debug_log(sprintf "get_json_setting(): returning query_rc=%d and query_return='%s'\n", $query_rc, $query_return);
+    } else {
+        debug_log(sprintf "get_json_setting(): returning query_rc=%d and query_return=<not defined>\n", $query_rc);
+    }
+
     return ($query_rc, $query_return);
 }