Package: slrn Version: 0.9.8.1pl1-12 Severity: grave
Hi, The config and postinst scripts do not check exit status of `head -1' command, which fails when _POSIX2_VERSION environment variable is set to 200112, causing the slrn installation scripts to replace the contents of /etc/mailname file with one '\n' (newline) char: vox:~# export LC_ALL=C vox:~# ls -la /etc/mailname -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 2005-10-18 20:30 /etc/mailname [ Note, the file size is 15 ] vox:~# env | grep POSIX _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 vox:~# apt-get install --reinstall slrn [ Let's remove standard apt-get stuff ] Preconfiguring packages ... head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `head --help' for more information. head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `head --help' for more information. (Reading database ... 307461 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace slrn 0.9.8.1pl1-12 (using .../slrn_0.9.8.1pl1-12_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement slrn ... Setting up slrn (0.9.8.1pl1-12) ... head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `head --help' for more information. head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `head --help' for more information. vox:~# ls -la /etc/mailname -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 Oct 18 20:31 /etc/mailname [ And now the size is 1; the file contains only the '\n' char ] Severity grave, because this bug causes data loss, and breaks unrelated software, like postfix (see bug #322602). Best Regards, robert -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (100, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12 Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) Versions of packages slrn depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.58 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.15 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcanlock2 2b-3 library for creating and verifying ii libgcrypt11 1.2.1-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libgnutls12 1.2.6-1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr ii libslang2 2.0.4-7 The S-Lang programming library - r ii libtasn1-2 0.2.13-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime) slrn recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * shared/mailname: * slrn/manual_getdescs: * slrn/getdescs: manually * slrn/getdescs_now: false * shared/news/server: slrn/lost_slrnpull: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
