From 4440d95b4a2c634cd7e5aff83d189d8891dff981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: webchick <webchick@24967.no-reply.drupal.org>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 11:49:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #2257229 by marcingy | alasda: Cannot add external url
 or <front> as menu item.

---
 .../lib/Drupal/menu_link/Entity/MenuLink.php        |  2 +-
 .../menu_ui/lib/Drupal/menu_ui/Tests/MenuTest.php   | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Entity/MenuLink.php b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Entity/MenuLink.php
index d6d4436848b..a59dd51789b 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Entity/MenuLink.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Entity/MenuLink.php
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ class MenuLink extends Entity implements \ArrayAccess, MenuLinkInterface {
     }
 
     // Find the route_name.
-    if (!isset($this->route_name)) {
+    if (!$this->external && !isset($this->route_name)) {
       $url = Url::createFromPath($this->link_path);
       $this->route_name = $url->getRouteName();
       $this->route_parameters = $url->getRouteParameters();
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/lib/Drupal/menu_ui/Tests/MenuTest.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/lib/Drupal/menu_ui/Tests/MenuTest.php
index ed64c134a66..078e26a91a5 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/lib/Drupal/menu_ui/Tests/MenuTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/lib/Drupal/menu_ui/Tests/MenuTest.php
@@ -395,6 +395,19 @@ class MenuTest extends MenuWebTestBase {
     // Verify in the database.
     $this->assertMenuLink($item1['mlid'], array('hidden' => 0));
 
+    // Add an external link.
+    $item7 = $this->addMenuLink(0, 'http://drupal.org', $menu_name);
+    $this->assertMenuLink($item7['mlid'], array('link_path' => 'http://drupal.org', 'external' => 1));
+
+    // Add <front> menu item.
+    $item8 = $this->addMenuLink(0, '<front>', $menu_name);
+    $this->assertMenuLink($item8['mlid'], array('link_path' => '<front>', 'external' => 1));
+    $this->drupalGet('');
+    $this->assertResponse(200);
+    // Make sure we get routed correctly.
+    $this->clickLink($item8['link_title']);
+    $this->assertResponse(200);
+
     // Save menu links for later tests.
     $this->items[] = $item1;
     $this->items[] = $item2;