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byobu package

postinst: ls does not succeed when /var/run/screen does not exist

Bug #535648 reported by Torsten Spindler
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
byobu (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

Binary package hint: byobu

It seems that on some machines /var/run/screen does not exist. The postinst part will complain with ls: no such file or directory.

Tags: patch

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lp:byobu
lp:ubuntu/lucid/byobu
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Torsten Spindler (tspindler) wrote :

The attached patch checks if /var/run/screen exists before calling ls on it.

Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
status: New → In Progress
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Thanks for the bug and the patch!

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: patch
Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 2.63-0ubuntu1

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byobu (2.63-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * etc/byobu/socketdir, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/bin/byobu-janitor,
    usr/bin/byobu-select-profile: increase portability to other distros,
    create socketdir conffile and SOCKETDIR variable for users who don't
    use /var/run/screen as the socket directory, LP: #535378
  * usr/bin/byobu-config: change a sample reference from "bash" to "shell"
    again for portability, LP: #535407
  * bin/byobu-export, bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets, bin/byobu-status,
    lib/byobu/cpu_temp: avoid programmatic use of ls in for loops,
    LP: #452405

  [ Torsten Spindler ]
  * debian/postinst: handle situation where /var/run/screen does not
    exist, LP: #535648
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:53:10 -0600

Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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