I have made a fix (patch) for this bug for utopic, tested on Ubuntu- Gnome utopic and attached it as gdm_3.10.0.1-0ubuntu7.2.debdiff to this comment:
This is a very simple change to the code in debian/gdm.init - I removed line 78 which has an extra unmatched "fi" Tested as follows: Built binaries using sbuild in latest utopic environment on a trusty machine. Fired up an Ubuntu-Gnome utopic 14.10 release build LiveCD in a virtual machine. Verified the bug failure on the plain vanilla utopic LiveCD as follows: /etc/init.d/gdm (gave syntax error) If I changed directories to /etc/init.d and did "./gdm" the script did not do anything - just returned. Also, "/etc/init.d/gdm start" worked fine. Still, the error did occur as indicated above. Copied all the .deb files from the utopic sbuild on the trusty build machine onto the Ubuntu-Gnome utopic livecd vm. Installed the four .deb files using "dpkg -i ..." Install succeeded, and visually inspecting /etc/init.d/gdm showed original line 78 was indeed removed. Typed: /etc/init.d/gdm (worked as expected - no syntax error) /etc/init.d/gdm start (worked as expected - no syntax error) This confirms that the bug fix works for the 14.10 utopic release version of Ubuntu-Gnome. ** Patch removed: "vivid fix for LP: #1315442 - removed line 73 (extra "fi") - tested on Ubuntu-Gnome vivid" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1315442/+attachment/4364854/+files/gdm_3.14.1-0ubuntu3.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315442 Title: Extra "fi" in /etc/init.d/gdm Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gdm source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in gdm source package in Utopic: New Bug description: Ubuntu release 14.04 LTS gdm 3.10.0.1-0ubuntu3 I just tried to start gdm with "/etc/init.d/gdm start " and got the message: /etc/init.d/gdm: 79: /etc/init.d/gdm: Syntax error: "fi" unexpected (expecting "}") I'm aware of service(8) but cjwatson said I should report this as a bug anyway! Owen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1315442/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
