Your message dated Mon, 20 Apr 2015 06:18:41 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#386754: fixed in moreutils 0.55-2 has caused the Debian Bug report #386754, regarding moreutils: 'ifdata -ph': vague error about nonexistant devices. to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: moreutils Version: 0.17 Severity: normal Supposing the fallible user gets a name wrong, this error might worsen their confusion: % ifdata -ph localhost ; echo $? ioctl on localhost: No such device 0 % ifdata -ph /dev/modem ; echo $? ioctl on /dev/modem: No such device 0 ...'device' being vague, users might wonder if 'localhost' or '/dev/modem' existed. The error's true meaning is obvious with a nonsensical device name: % ifdata -ph foobar ; echo $? ioctl on foobar: No such device 0 Notes: 1) the error code shouldn't be '0'. 2) 'ioctl' makes it look like a kernel error. If it was kernel error, it would be better to catch the error before calling the kernel, or if that's unfeasible, to parse the kernel's error after the fact. Suggested revised output: % ifdata -ph foobar ; echo $? ifdata: error, no such network interface as 'foobar'. 3 Hope this helps... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages moreutils depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction moreutils recommends no packages. -- debconf-show failed
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--- Begin Message ---Source: moreutils Source-Version: 0.55-2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of moreutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. 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. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> (supplier of updated moreutils package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:32:21 +0200 Source: moreutils Binary: moreutils Architecture: source amd64 Version: 0.55-2 Distribution: experimental Urgency: medium Maintainer: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> Changed-By: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> Description: moreutils - additional Unix utilities Closes: 386754 728688 749399 Changes: moreutils (0.55-2) experimental; urgency=medium . * errno.docbook: fix typo (Closes: #749399) (upstream patch) * ifdata: descriptive non-exist netdev error msg (Closes: #386754) (upstream patch) * vidir: Create missing target directories (Closes: #728688) Checksums-Sha1: 5bdbbf470be5fbfd57df41018b622f5d83ab5795 1766 moreutils_0.55-2.dsc de2f0b8cbcff06bb54ebea3f961950fe78dbaf59 9848 moreutils_0.55-2.debian.tar.xz 55c49fdd32a22754bcfc9efb69a30ef8bd8561ae 66184 moreutils_0.55-2_amd64.deb Checksums-Sha256: 62794323874089557e2d222987a3ebf6fd5f1e67d07993a06fdf8b8e430b7051 1766 moreutils_0.55-2.dsc b25d1f3ce7571655d7ed0b2a0e723641f203ab3d804124e046ad239ce523744b 9848 moreutils_0.55-2.debian.tar.xz bd71524d8b4f3f7e86b84a8ad1bb0eb64be2386d36ba3480fcbf5e09795fed8a 66184 moreutils_0.55-2_amd64.deb Files: 17745d63cf19f7d14c52e8d2d6d1f35f 1766 utils optional moreutils_0.55-2.dsc c088d84e4c10838762f730f5a9b3cab0 9848 utils optional moreutils_0.55-2.debian.tar.xz 0060d73ea96b4c85fa79e3084710ff46 66184 utils optional moreutils_0.55-2_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVNJZLAAoJEKbcJNnaJJPRf6wP/Rz5pqXsuE6npQ+hAIEHF13q cIk55YPow8vaz595wOKJ+ATVWKu/pZJS1d0YD2L3Xwp0H8n5M/HOUaYyIlySbVFE LjCs104/aWwKqi54XjJRfQflpU4mkLBCB6yZdX/nc8oiu0Kh38v2/naNMY+4t4gs G6uMV5if3N+OzlcLc22IZ7OBz0HVOSYYXDMGoj3umE1sz9hAbSILTJk0qwjVFdOl Mi3rnlU2/H1ne4tPGcr5iTbUvAC63R/77gNZhSnvVm8ff4Fa+NGg+mUaYa6eFO8O y0vKImOCfIJwQX9iGRxWxn9RZIaGiwVq8718hloDe6j1Men5FUP1/phfw6+2PRci vSwXZ7abCDu0IDmpsylJEY9KGS6wDxZi1fe5qXZLZop1RdKk1PAreY45MBY8j/5h etwVxxrtTcwm1+iW8MJeKAGbxsApFC/45dF8io4vVroounHZWwYNzyNIH0OiL21/ CZn9rTMV1l3sCv9nXS2Vf9zNvfOMUJLgGxiJl6WDpp+vWmy4SYxa2IHUwR/3vPi/ zhWyEr/SlLsj2Ko9bMU/NVi+fWkC2u/mKAtr3Ug/j62KRBSx6FjvMR3//ibEv6Eo FWT4AWQTbofuZF7UzhpaO7M1tVoyjJwFW93qFHZPAkbTKoHEjL3PSGJKkXlhPJfx MD0GZFCJme10TPykf5S9 =ZU2T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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