Package: xserver-xorg
Version: latest
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
An "empty" $DRIVER_LIST may actually include a space. Also, the "observe"
command means that the problem is not reported to the user unless said user
is debugging the internals of the script.
See attached patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-amd64
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
--- /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postinst 2007-11-27 05:10:31.000000000
+0100
+++ xserver-xorg.postinst 2007-12-02 04:13:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -1651,8 +1651,8 @@
;;
esac
- if [ -z "$DRIVER_LIST" ]; then
- observe "no video driver modules found in $DRIVER_DIRS; defaulting to
$DEFAULT_DRIVER"
+ if [ -z "$DRIVER_LIST" ] || [ "$DRIVER_LIST" = " " ]; then
+ warn "no video driver modules found in $DRIVER_DIRS; defaulting to
$DEFAULT_DRIVER"
DRIVER_LIST="$DEFAULT_DRIVER"
fi
