Failed to install on 12.04.3 , /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postinst: 36: printf: 08: not completely converted

Alberto, can you have a look to this one, please?

Please run the attached script on the affected system and attach its output.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

note: you can run it using the following command:

sh printf_test.sh

Never mind. I know what's going on.

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-prime - 0.4.2

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nvidia-prime (0.4.2) trusty; urgency=low

  * debian/postinst.in: fix issue with printf
    - Apparently the printf command treats string values
      with leading zeros as octal. Work around this by
      removing any leading zeros (LP: #1219650).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:45:24 +0200

SRU request:

[Impact]

 * As a result of this bug, systems whose card has a bus id containing numbers such as "08" or "09" numbers will trigger an error in printf where it treats these string values with leading zeros as octal. This causes the postinst script to fail.

[Test Case]

 * Enable the precise-proposed or the saucy-proposed repository and install nvidia-prime (0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1 in precise or 0.4.2~hybrid0.1 in saucy).

 * If the package can be installed without errors, then the fix is correct.

 * Alternatively, you can launch the attached script as follows, you'll be able to reproduce the issue:
 sh printf_test.sh reproduce

 You can then test the fix by running the attached script without any arguments:
 sh printf_test.sh

[Regression Potential]

 * The regression potential here is zero. As the attached script demonstrates.

Hello Yung, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-prime into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello Yung, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-prime into saucy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/0.4.2~ubuntu13.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Confirmed the proposed version is working nicely on Saucy on an ideapad y580 hybrid.

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-prime - 0.4.2~ubuntu13.10.1

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nvidia-prime (0.4.2~ubuntu13.10.1) saucy-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/preinst.in:
    - Remove leftover in the test condition. This was
      causing the lightdm.conf file to be rewritten
      every time. This is a serious problem on the
      different Ubuntu flavours (LP: #1224098).
  * debian/postinst.in:
    - Apparently the printf command treats string values
      with leading zeros as octal. Work around this by
      removing any leading zeros (LP: #1219650).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:25:42 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-prime - 0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1

---------------
nvidia-prime (0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/preinst.in:
    - Remove leftover in the test condition. This was
      causing the lightdm.conf file to be rewritten
      every time. This is a serious problem on the
      different Ubuntu flavours (LP: #1224098).
  * debian/postinst.in:
    - Apparently the printf command treats string values
      with leading zeros as octal. Work around this by
      removing any leading zeros (LP: #1219650).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:10:07 +0200