Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Luk Claes
On 04/13/2011 11:32 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:01:26PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: >> On 04/13/2011 10:39 PM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > [...] >>> It could be replaced by rpcinfo (as suggested before) which is provided >>> by libc-bin, so no extra dependencies and no breakag

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:01:26PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > On 04/13/2011 10:39 PM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: [...] > > It could be replaced by rpcinfo (as suggested before) which is provided > > by libc-bin, so no extra dependencies and no breakage. Why not? Why > > such a resistance? > > I didn

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Ben Finney
On 13-Apr-2011, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:12:15 +0300 > From: "Andrew O. Shadoura" > Message-ID: <20110413231215.189a2fc2@ileemo> > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:04:54 +0200 > Luk Claes wrote: > > > Unless you show that you: > > > > 1) have bash 4.1-3 or later in

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Luk Claes
On 04/13/2011 10:39 PM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:28:54 +0200 > Luk Claes wrote: > >>> If it's the only case, it should be specified explicitly. And, after >>> all, why not use the utility that is supposed to be used, and not >>> this hackish thing? > >> The

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:39:37PM +0300, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: [...] > > Well, we only guarantee to support upgrades from stable to the next > > one. Obviously we will try to not break things in unstable and > > testing. Though it's not uncommon to make the assumption that users > > have at le

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:28:54 +0200 Luk Claes wrote: > > If it's the only case, it should be specified explicitly. And, after > > all, why not use the utility that is supposed to be used, and not > > this hackish thing? > The only reason it was implemented this way is because bash is stil

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Luk Claes
On 04/13/2011 10:12 PM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:04:54 +0200 > Luk Claes wrote: > >>> I confirm the bug. >>> >>> # cat /dev/tcp/localhost/111 >>> -su: /dev/tcp/localhost/111: No such file or directory >> >> Unless you show that you: >> >> 1) have bash 4.1-3 o

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:36:04PM +0300, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > reopen 620421 > thanks > > Hello, > > On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:29:12 +0100 > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > I'm describing (actually, repeating) what was in the initial bug > > > report for that test, modulo my misunderstanding a

Processed: Re: Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reopen 620421 Bug #620421 {Done: Ben Hutchings } [nfs-kernel-server] nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’ > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 620421: http://bugs.debi

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-13 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
reopen 620421 thanks Hello, On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:29:12 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I'm describing (actually, repeating) what was in the initial bug > > report for that test, modulo my misunderstanding about Bash's > > special treatment of that path. > > The initial bug report contained th

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-02 Thread Ben Finney
On 03-Apr-2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > So you're saying that on your system, the 'cat' command can silently > fail? I'm describing (actually, repeating) what was in the initial bug report for that test, modulo my misunderstanding about Bash's special treatment of that path. For now, I've worked a

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-04-03 at 13:43 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > On 03-Apr-2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > So in what sense does the test 'not work'? > > It fails (exits with a non-zero status), even though the ‘portmapper’ > service is running. > > > Does 'cat /dev/tcp/localhost/111' produce any error > >

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-02 Thread Ben Finney
On 03-Apr-2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > So in what sense does the test 'not work'? It fails (exits with a non-zero status), even though the ‘portmapper’ service is running. > Does 'cat /dev/tcp/localhost/111' produce any error > message? No. -- \ “It is the integrity of each individual hu

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 11:54 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > On 02-Apr-2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Which version of bash is installed? > > $ aptitude show bash | grep '^Version:' > Version: 4.1-3 > $ /bin/bash --version > GNU bash, version 4.1.5(1)-release (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) So in what sens

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-01 Thread Ben Finney
On 02-Apr-2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Which version of bash is installed? $ aptitude show bash | grep '^Version:' Version: 4.1-3 $ /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 4.1.5(1)-release (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) -- \“There are no significant bugs in our released software that | `\

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:42:09AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > On 01-Apr-2011, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 07:00:11 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > > > The ‘/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server’ script has a new dependency on > > > a non-existent directory: > > > > It's not supposed

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-01 Thread Ben Finney
On 01-Apr-2011, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 07:00:11 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > The ‘/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server’ script has a new dependency on > > a non-existent directory: > > It's not supposed to be a directory, it's a bash feature for > redirections to tcp sockets.

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-01 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 07:00:11 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > The ‘/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server’ script has a new dependency on a > non-existent directory: > It's not supposed to be a directory, it's a bash feature for redirections to tcp sockets. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’

2011-04-01 Thread Ben Finney
Package: nfs-kernel-server Version: 1:1.2.2-5 Severity: important Tags: patch The ‘/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server’ script has a new dependency on a non-existent directory: = # See if portmap or rpcbind are running (cat /dev/tcp/localhost/111) 2>/dev/null