Package: svgalib-bin
Version: 1:1.4.3-21
Severity: normal
The textmode(1) script starts off like so:
----begin----
#!/bin/sh
dir=/etc/vga
[ -w "$dir" ] || dir="$HOME/.vga"
....
----end----
It checks whether or not /etc/vga is writable, even though it will only
be reading saved VGA state files. If you had previously run
savetextmode(1) as root, but then run textmode(1) as a user, the
restore* programs will read from ~/.vga, even if it does not exist.
(This script is not part of the svgalib upstream; it is brought into
being by the 001_fhs_transition patch.)
Aside from this issue, I notice that the script uses both of the VGA
state files (in a given directory) even if only one is present. May I
suggest a different approach?
----begin----
textregs=
fontdata=
for dir in /etc /etc/vga "$HOME/.vga"
do
test -r "$dir/textregs" && textregs="$dir/textregs"
test -r "$dir/fontdata" && fontdata="$dir/fontdata"
done
test -n "$textregs" && restoretextmode -r "$textregs"
....
case "$textregs" in
/etc/vga/*) ;;
/etc/*) echo >&2 "WARNING: ..." ;;
esac
----end----
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages svgalib-bin depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libsvga1 1:1.4.3-21 console SVGA display libraries
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