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and subject line Bug#470453: fixed in bash 3.2-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #470453,
regarding less: Does not show contents of plain text files with .deb or .udeb
extention
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Package: less
Version: 418-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Unsuitable for release because of unexpected behavior
$ echo "This is a plain text file" >test.deb
$ less test.deb
test.deb:
*** Contents:
test.deb (END)
Doing the same on an Etch system does show the contents correctly:
$ echo "This is a plain text file" >test.deb
$ less test.deb
This is a plain text file
test.deb (END)
Having the ability to show the contents of a Debian package is nice, but
IMO the current implementation is seriously broken for the following
reasons:
- apparently it assumes that any file with the extention .deb or .udeb
is a Debian package file, which is the Windows way of doing things;
the Linux (and only correct) way of determining the file type is by
checking the "magic numbers" in a file
- the current behavior violates the rule of "least surprise": if I use
less on a Debian package and get garbled output, that's not strange;
however, if I use less on a plain text file and I only get '***
Contents:', it leads to the assumption that the file is broken
I saw this issue while working with the experimental busybox source package,
which has three configuration files: config.deb, config.udeb and
config.static (IMO a sensible naming scheme).
The fact that I did not see the contents of the first two confused me a
lot and eventually cost a few hours of both my time and of others [1].
Please revert this feature until it can be implemented correctly to
checks the actual file type.
Cheers,
FJP
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00223.html
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages less depends on:
ii debianutils 2.28.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080203-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
less recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Source: bash
Source-Version: 3.2-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
bash, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
bash-builtins_3.2-2_amd64.deb
to pool/main/b/bash/bash-builtins_3.2-2_amd64.deb
bash-doc_3.2-2_all.deb
to pool/main/b/bash/bash-doc_3.2-2_all.deb
bash-minimal_3.2-2_amd64.deb
to pool/main/b/bash/bash-minimal_3.2-2_amd64.deb
bash-static_3.2-2_amd64.deb
to pool/main/b/bash/bash-static_3.2-2_amd64.deb
bash_3.2-2.diff.gz
to pool/main/b/bash/bash_3.2-2.diff.gz
bash_3.2-2.dsc
to pool/main/b/bash/bash_3.2-2.dsc
bash_3.2-2_amd64.deb
to pool/main/b/bash/bash_3.2-2_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated bash package)
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:20:08 +0200
Source: bash
Binary: bash bash-minimal bash-static bash-builtins bash-doc bashdb
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 3.2-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
bash - The GNU Bourne Again SHell
bash-builtins - Bash loadable builtins - headers & examples
bash-doc - Documentation and examples for the The GNU Bourne Again SHell
bash-minimal - The GNU Bourne Again SHell (minimal version)
bash-static - The GNU Bourne Again SHell (static version)
bashdb - The GNU Bourne Again SHell Debugger
Closes: 314533 342225 352234 362010 364861 374452 378067 382892 383762 390493
397086 414285 418961 420656 420659 420661 423488 426687 431620 440102 442477
449587 452459 452656 470453 471490 473870
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bash (3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Add a shopt option compat31 to fall back to the behaviour of bash-3.1
and earlier versions, in that quoting the string argument to the [[
command's =~ +operator does not force string matching.
.
* Merge from Ubuntu:
- Remove /etc/skel/.bash_profile, if it is unmodified; if modified and
/etc/skel/.profile is unmodifed, move .bash_profile to .profile.
- /etc/skel/.bashrc: Add an option to blurt a terminal window with a
colored prompt.
- /etc/skel/.bashrc: Add color support for grep and friends (commented
out by default). Closes: #420659.
- /etc/skel/.profile: Avoid the use of `~'.
- Don't run command-not-found from the shell scripts when it has been
removed in the meantime.
* /etc/skel/.bashrc:
- Comment out the lesspipe settings. Closes: #470453.
- Don't use PROMPT_COMMAND to set the title of an xterm. Closes: #420656.
- Don't second-guess terminal handling in dircolors. Closes: #473870.
- Don't overwrite GNU Midnight Commander's setting of HISTCONTROL to
`ignorespace'. Closes: #440102.
- Add a comment about setting HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE. Closes: #449587.
- Append to the history file, don't overwrite it. Closes: #452459.
- Use dir and vdir commands for dir vdir aliases. Closes: #420661.
* /etc/skel/.profile:
- Add comment about setting the umask for ssh logins. Closes: #314533.
.
* Added code to defer the initialization of HISTSIZE until the history file
is loaded. Closes: #383762.
* Fix typos in README.Debian and preinst. Closes: #374452.
* Mention `exec' builtin in the section `redirection'. Closes: #378067.
* Add bashbug(1). Closes: #442477.
* Fix typos in bash(1). Closes: #390493, #426687.
* Fix bug in Bash_aliases example. Closes: #423488.
* Fix typo in help message for caller builtin. Closes: #452656.
.
bash (3.2-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* New upstream version (including upstream patches 01 - 33). Closes: #431620.
- Added write error reporting to printf builtin. Closes: #414285.
- Fixed a bug that caused `unset LANG' to not properly reset the locale.
Closes: #364861.
- Describe expansion of pattern in case statement. Closes: #342225.
- Improved handling of non-printable characters in prompt. Closes: #352234,
#362010, #397086, #418961, #471490.
- Fix typos in documentation. Closes: #382892.
.
The syntax of regexes in Bash 3.2 was changed so that single quotes no
longer surround regexes. e.g, a regex of the form
if [[ "foo.tex" =~ '^(.*)\.tex$' ]]
becomes
if [[ "foo.tex" =~ ^(.*)\.tex$ ]]
.
* Merge from Ubuntu:
- debian/skel.bashrc: Check for dircolors before using it.
- debian/skel.bashrc: Set HISTCONTROL to ignoreboth.
- Include correct bash.pot file.
- Move CWRU/changelog from the bash to the bash-doc package (we already
have the CHANGES files).
- debian/etc.bash.bashrc: Install command-not-found handler if available.
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