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and subject line Bug#866261: fixed in lpr 1:2008.05.17.4
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regarding lpr: maintainer script(s) not using strict mode
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Package: lpr
Version: 1:2008.05.17.2+b1
Severity: normal
User: [email protected]
Usertags: colis-shparser
Dear maintainer,
at least one of the maintainer scripts (preinst, postinst, prerm,
postrm) of the package lpr does not use strict mode. Policy section
10.4 says:
"Shell scripts (sh and bash) [..] should almost certainly start with
set -e so that errors are detected."
"Every script should use set -e or check the exit status of every
command."
Please insert a "set -e" at the beginning of your script to enable
strict mode. You should not replace this by a first line "#!/bin/sh
-e" as it is not effective when your script is executed by an
explicit invocation of sh.
Note that this might make your script fail in cases where it did not
fail before. This is the purpose of strict mode - make it fail when
any unexpected error is encountered. You should make sure that you
catch any error (non-zero exit codes of commands) that you decide to
tolerate. Techniques to locally catch an error include using
appropriate options to your command when available, adding a " ||
true" at the end of the command, or selectively switching off strict
mode by "set +e" and switching it back on again later by "set -e".
This bug filing has been discussed and approved in thread [1].
-Ralf.
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00342.html
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Source: lpr
Source-Version: 1:2008.05.17.4
Done: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lpr, 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.
Michael Tokarev <[email protected]> (supplier of updated lpr package)
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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:31:49 +0300
Source: lpr
Architecture: source
Version: 1:2008.05.17.4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
Closes: 531133 866261 1039255 1119473 1121611
Changes:
lpr (1:2008.05.17.4) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* d/control: Adopt the package (Closes: #1121611)
* d/control: bump debhelper requirement from 9 to 13
* d/control: drop reference to long-gone suidmanager
* d/control: add ${misc:Depends} to Depends and
${misc:Pre-Depends} to Pre-Depends
* d/rules: convert to dh-sequence
* d/rules: use common build options (with 2 -Wno-error=foo)
(Closes: #1119473)
* d/dirs: stop creating dirs unnecessarily
* d/rules: use chown user:group, not user.group
* d/lpd.init: test for /etc/default/lpd existence before sourcing it
* d/lpd.init: remove path to start-stop-daemon in one place
* d/lpd.init: use `set -e' (Closes: #866261)
* d/preinst: remove stop action, it is done by dh_installinit
* d/printcap: comment-out an example entry, make shipped printcap
a conffile in /etc/printcap instead of example.
This removes d/lpr.postrm, which unmasks d/postrm and makes it work
(Closes: #531133)
* d/postrm: remove /var/spool/lpd/ on purge without questions
* d/cron.weekly: move log rotation to logrotate.d/lpd
* d/postinst: remove
- stop fixing spool files/dirs perms when upgrading from ancient version
- stop creating /var/log/lp-acct & lp-errs files
- stop running update-mime when upgrading from really ancient version
* d/NEWS.Debian: remove, a news item about ancient version
* d/changelog: remove trailing whitespace
* d/lpd.service: provide systemd unit file (Closes: #1039255)
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