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Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.14.16.6
Severity: normal
Somewhere in the bowels of the perl code, dpkg-parsechangelog is
calling 'tail' without an absolute pathname. The 'tail' on my $PATH
is not option-for-option compatible with GNU tail, and failure
results. The perl code should be modified to call /usr/bin/tail.
(The bad call is not in the script itself, and I don't know enough
perl to find the module in which it may be lurking.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-4 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.5-0.1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii cpio 2.9-13 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii dpkg 1.14.16.6 package maintenance system for Deb
ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl
ii lzma 4.43-12 Compression method of 7z format in
ii make 3.81-4 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.8.8-12 Core Perl modules
Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii build-essential 11.3 informational list of build-essent
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.2.2-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-2.95 [c-compiler] 1:2.95.4-27 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3 [c-compiler] 1:3.3.6-15 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.0 [c-compiler] 4.0.3-7 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-19 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.3-3 The GNU C compiler
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Hi,
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 12:53:48 -0400, Norman Ramsey wrote:
> Package: dpkg-dev
> Version: 1.14.16.6
> Severity: normal
>
> Somewhere in the bowels of the perl code, dpkg-parsechangelog is
> calling 'tail' without an absolute pathname. The 'tail' on my $PATH
> is not option-for-option compatible with GNU tail, and failure
> results. The perl code should be modified to call /usr/bin/tail.
> (The bad call is not in the script itself, and I don't know enough
> perl to find the module in which it may be lurking.)
The tail call is on Dpkg/Changelog.pm, it's using the -n option which
is defined in the SUSv3 standard. I'd say you should either not have
that tail implementation in your path or extend it to support the
defined options in SUSv3. I'm thus closing this bug report.
regards,
guillem
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