Package: debian-goodies Version: 0.40 Tags: patch Popbugs deletes the temporary output file too quickly if the browser does not block, resulting in a "File not found" error.
This is because calls to os.system return immediately for these browsers,
resulting in the termination of the popbugs script. This in-turn causes
the temporary file created by tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile to be garbage-
collected, which--by its own contract--unlinks the file.
Epiphany (and other browsers) only block if they are the only instance:
# killall epiphany-browser
# epiphany /tmp/foo.html
[Blocks]
# killall epiphany-browser
# epiphany /tmp/foo.html &
[Blocks, but daemonised]
# epiphany /tmp/bar.html
#
[Second instance does not block]
The patch is simple; simply use a more long-lived temporary file:
--- ./popbugs.orig 2007-07-09 21:37:50.000000000 +0100
+++ ./popbugs 2008-03-19 22:45:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
sys.exit(1)
if outputfile == None:
- output = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.html')
- outputfile = output.name
+ fd, outputfile = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.html')
+ output = os.fdopen(fd, 'w')
view = 1
elif outputfile == '-':
output = sys.stdout
Regards,
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Chris Lamb, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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