Your message dated Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:33:38 +0200 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#543399: tmpreaper: shell script uses brace {x,y} expansion, not a posix feature has caused the Debian Bug report #543399, regarding tmpreaper: shell script uses brace {x,y} expansion, not a posix feature to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: tmpreaper Version: 1.6.10 Severity: normal Hi, Brace expansion is not a posix shell feature. It does not belong in shell scripts such as /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper, here is an example of this incorrect usage, $ grep -i -e 'unix,' /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper --protect '/tmp/.X*-{lock,unix,unix/*}' \ --protect '/tmp/.ICE-{unix,unix/*}' \ --protect '/tmp/.iroha_{unix,unix/*}' \ --protect '/tmp/.ki2-{unix,unix/*}' \ Thanks, Jeffrey Sheinberg -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-486 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages tmpreaper depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries tmpreaper recommends no packages. tmpreaper suggests no packages. -- debconf information: tmpreaper/readsecurity: * tmpreaper/TMPREAPER_TIME: * tmpreaper/confignowexists: * tmpreaper/readsecurity_upgrading:
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--- Begin Message ---On Mon 24 Aug 2009, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > > Brace expansion is not a posix shell feature. It does not belong in It's not done in a shell context. > shell scripts such as /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper, here is an example of > this incorrect usage, > > $ grep -i -e 'unix,' /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper > --protect '/tmp/.X*-{lock,unix,unix/*}' \ > --protect '/tmp/.ICE-{unix,unix/*}' \ > --protect '/tmp/.iroha_{unix,unix/*}' \ > --protect '/tmp/.ki2-{unix,unix/*}' \ There are single quotes around the parts with the braces. That means the shell NEVER SEES those braces. tmpreaper takes care of them. This has (erroneously) been reported before. Please also check archived bug reports as well before deciding to report a bug. Paul Slootman
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