On 2012-06-28 13:46 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> tags 679390 + patch
> thanks
>
> On 2012-06-28 13:03 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>
>> Package: debian-el
>> Version: 35.2
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> M-x debian-bug does not run the package's bug script if it is a
>> symlink. So far I have tracked this down to debian-bug-find-bug-script
>> which returns nil in such cases:
>>
>> (debian-bug-find-bug-script "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau") => nil
>>
>> (debian-bug-find-bug-script "xserver-xorg-core") =>
>> "/usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script"
>>
>> However, these packages actually use the same script:
>>
>> ,----
>> | $ file /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/script
>> | /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/script: symbolic link to
>> `../xserver-xorg-core/script'
>> `----
>>
>> I'm 99% sure this had worked in the past.
>
> Looks like it broke more than two years ago, though.
>
>> Wonder what broke it.
>
> That part was easy, it's the rather bogus check for executability in
> debian-bug-file-is-executable. The following one-liner fixes it:
>
> diff -Nru emacs-goodies-el-35.2/elisp/debian-el/debian-bug.el
> emacs-goodies-el-35.2/elisp/debian-el/debian-bug.el
> --- emacs-goodies-el-35.2/elisp/debian-el/debian-bug.el 2010-06-22
> 23:55:44.000000000 +0200
> +++ emacs-goodies-el-35.2/elisp/debian-el/debian-bug.el 2012-06-28
> 13:18:12.000000000 +0200
> @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
> "Return non-nil if FILE is executable. Otherwise nil is returned."
> (and
> (file-regular-p file)
> - (string-match "-..x..x..x" (nth 8 (file-attributes file)))))
> + (file-executable-p file)))
>
> (defun debian-bug-find-bug-script (package)
> "Return the full path name of the bug script of PACKAGE.
Ping? I have been applying this patch locally for the last releases,
would like not having to do this anymore.
Cheers,
Sven
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