Package: mgetty-fax
Version: 1.2.1-1
Severity: normal
Dear Andreas,
I tried using @DATE +format@ in my fax header (~/.faxheader), but always got
the default 'date' output instead.
It appears that the escaping of a plus sign in /usr/bin/faxspool, in
conjunction with GNU sed, might be causing this.
My ~/.faxheader looks like this:
@DATE +%m/%d %Y %R@ @ID@ @N@ (@U@) -> @D@ (@T@) PAGE @P@/@M@
Expected FDATE variable contents (see below) would be something like:
05/17 2021 20:54
Instead I got an empty FDATE variable, and hence, the default output of the
'date' command instead; something like:
mån 17 maj 2021 20:57:40 CEST
Suggested change (unified diff):
--- /usr/bin/faxspool 2018-10-06 22:17:07.000000000 +0200
+++ ./faxspool.NEW 2021-05-17 20:48:40.110235800 +0200
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@
if [ -n "$FAX_HEADER" ]
then
# flexible DATE format
- FDATE=`sed -n -e '\!@DATE \+[0-9a-zA-Z: \./%\-]*@!s!.*@DATE
\(\+[0-9a-zA-Z: \./%\-]*\)@.*!\1!p' $FAX_HEADER`
+ FDATE=`sed -n -e '\!@DATE +[0-9a-zA-Z: \./%\-]*@!s!.*@DATE
\(\+[0-9a-zA-Z: \./%\-]*\)@.*!\1!p' $FAX_HEADER`
if [ -n "$FDATE" ] ; then
DATE_OUT=`date "$FDATE"`
else
Some searching yielded this:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/63940155
Might this be the explanation?
And, would the removal of the escaping cause problems for those not using GNU
sed?
Many thanks in advance!
Best regards
Björn
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.9
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-16-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages mgetty-fax depends on:
ii cron 3.0pl1-134+deb10u1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.71
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii mgetty 1.2.1-1
ii perl 5.28.1-6+deb10u1
mgetty-fax recommends no packages.
Versions of packages mgetty-fax suggests:
ii debianutils 4.8.6.1
ii ghostscript 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u4
pn mgetty-viewfax <none>
ii netpbm 2:10.0-15.3+b2
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/mgetty/new_fax changed [not included]
-- debconf information:
mgetty-fax/start_faxrunqd: true
