Package: lsb-release
Version: 3.2-4ubuntu1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
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lsb_release crashes if /etc/debian_version and/or /etc/lsb-release have
wrong permissions because Python IOError exceptions are not expected
over open() functions.
Here is a really simple patch to properly catch the exceptions.
Best regards,
Carl Chenet
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers hardy-updates
APT policy: (500, 'hardy-updates'), (500, 'hardy-security'), (500, 'hardy')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages lsb-release depends on:
ii python 2.5.2-0ubuntu1 An interactive high-level object-o
Versions of packages lsb-release recommends:
ii apt 0.7.9ubuntu17.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
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< release = open('/etc/debian_version').read().strip()
---
> try:
> release = open('/etc/debian_version').read().strip()
> except IOError, msg:
> print msg
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< for line in open('/etc/lsb-release'):
< line = line.strip()
< if not line:
< continue
< # Skip invalid lines
< if not '=' in line:
< continue
< var, arg = line.split('=', 1)
< if var.startswith('DISTRIB_'):
< var = var[8:]
< if arg.startswith('"') and arg.endswith('"'):
< arg = arg[1:-1]
< distinfo[var] = arg
---
> try:
> for line in open('/etc/lsb-release'):
> line = line.strip()
> if not line:
> continue
> # Skip invalid lines
> if not '=' in line:
> continue
> var, arg = line.split('=', 1)
> if var.startswith('DISTRIB_'):
> var = var[8:]
> if arg.startswith('"') and arg.endswith('"'):
> arg = arg[1:-1]
> distinfo[var] = arg
> except IOError, msg:
> print msg
