Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
Cyril Brulebois wrote: I guess we need a plan to fix some maintainer scripts, or am I grossly overlooking things here? j...@gnu:~/src/debhelper/autoscriptscat postinst-menu if [ $1 = configure ] [ -x `which update-menus 2/dev/null` ]; then Which works fine in this case. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 22:28:23 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: And also, under zsh: | $ which doublefailure 2/dev/null | doublefailure not found Leading to: | if [ -x `which icanhazfailure 2/dev/null` ] ; then echo FAIL ; fi | [: too many arguments Why would you point /bin/sh to zsh? Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
Package: menu Version: 2.1.41 Severity: grave Justification: Fucks up upgrades. Sounds like some bits are missing: | -rw-r--r-- root/root122920 2008-10-24 21:03 ./usr/bin/update-menus Which leads to: | install/elserv: Deleting /tmp/elc_eXSJx7.log | install/devscripts-el: Handling emacs21, logged in /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | install/devscripts-el: Deleting /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst: line 24: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied | dpkg : erreur de traitement de emacs21 (--configure) : | le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1 | Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution : | emacs21 | E: dpkg returned non-zero status: 256 | E: error performing command 'full-upgrade' (Sorry about the French bits, but heh.) No surprise, chmod is used in menu's postinst. WTF? Mraw, KiBi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:35:57PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Package: menu Version: 2.1.41 Severity: grave Justification: Fucks up upgrades. Sounds like some bits are missing: | -rw-r--r-- root/root122920 2008-10-24 21:03 ./usr/bin/update-menus Which leads to: | install/elserv: Deleting /tmp/elc_eXSJx7.log | install/devscripts-el: Handling emacs21, logged in /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | install/devscripts-el: Deleting /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst: line 24: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied | dpkg : erreur de traitement de emacs21 (--configure) : | le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1 | Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution : | emacs21 | E: dpkg returned non-zero status: 256 | E: error performing command 'full-upgrade' (Sorry about the French bits, but heh.) No surprise, chmod is used in menu's postinst. WTF? /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst is broken, not menu. This behaviour of menu is documented. It prevent update-menus from running before menu is configured. Cheers, -- Bill. ballo...@debian.org Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr (18/07/2009): No surprise, chmod is used in menu's postinst. WTF? /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst is broken, not menu. Let's look: | # Automatically added by dh_installmenu | if [ $1 = configure ] [ -x `which update-menus 2/dev/null` ]; then | update-menus | fi | # End automatically added section Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org (18/07/2009): /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst is broken, not menu. Let's look: | # Automatically added by dh_installmenu | if [ $1 = configure ] [ -x `which update-menus 2/dev/null` ]; then | update-menus | fi | # End automatically added section In case someone wonders: | $ if [ -x ] ; then echo fail ; fi | fail Enjoy. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
Hello -devel, I need a tiny wider audience for that one. Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr (18/07/2009): On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:35:57PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Package: menu Version: 2.1.41 Severity: grave Justification: Fucks up upgrades. Sounds like some bits are missing: | -rw-r--r-- root/root122920 2008-10-24 21:03 ./usr/bin/update-menus Which leads to: | install/elserv: Deleting /tmp/elc_eXSJx7.log | install/devscripts-el: Handling emacs21, logged in /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | install/devscripts-el: Deleting /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst: line 24: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied | dpkg : erreur de traitement de emacs21 (--configure) : | le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1 | Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution : | emacs21 | E: dpkg returned non-zero status: 256 | E: error performing command 'full-upgrade' (Sorry about the French bits, but heh.) No surprise, chmod is used in menu's postinst. WTF? /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst is broken, not menu. I'm repeating here what I said on the bugreport, because I think that (Houston) we've got a problem. It's quite classical to use the following bit to test for a binary to call: | if [ -x `which invoke-rc.d 2/dev/null` ] See debhelper's sources: | git grep -e '-x.*which'|wc -l | 12 But: | $ if [ -x `which icanhazfailure 2/dev/null` ] ; then echo FAIL ; fi | FAIL And also, under zsh: | $ which doublefailure 2/dev/null | doublefailure not found Leading to: | if [ -x `which icanhazfailure 2/dev/null` ] ; then echo FAIL ; fi | [: too many arguments I guess we need a plan to fix some maintainer scripts, or am I grossly overlooking things here? Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:13:38PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org (18/07/2009): /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst is broken, not menu. Let's look: | # Automatically added by dh_installmenu | if [ $1 = configure ] [ -x `which update-menus 2/dev/null` ]; then | update-menus | fi | # End automatically added section In case someone wonders: | $ if [ -x ] ; then echo fail ; fi | fail In case someone else wonders: $ if [ -x ] ; then echo fail ; else echo good; fi good Cheers, -- Bill. ballo...@debian.org Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
On 2009-07-18 22:28 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hello -devel, I need a tiny wider audience for that one. Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr (18/07/2009): On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:35:57PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Package: menu Version: 2.1.41 Severity: grave Justification: Fucks up upgrades. Sounds like some bits are missing: | -rw-r--r-- root/root122920 2008-10-24 21:03 ./usr/bin/update-menus Which leads to: | install/elserv: Deleting /tmp/elc_eXSJx7.log | install/devscripts-el: Handling emacs21, logged in /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | install/devscripts-el: Deleting /tmp/elc_U0zTnA.log | /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst: line 24: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied This looks strange, it seems that the test found update-menus executable, but it no longer is. Namely, the shell has apparently hashed it, since otherwise you would update-menus: command not found instead of permission denied. This may be because the dpkg trigger for update-menus had been activated. Can you examine your dpkg.log entries of the failed upgrade? | dpkg : erreur de traitement de emacs21 (--configure) : | le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1 | Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution : | emacs21 | E: dpkg returned non-zero status: 256 | E: error performing command 'full-upgrade' (Sorry about the French bits, but heh.) No surprise, chmod is used in menu's postinst. WTF? /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs21.postinst is broken, not menu. I'm repeating here what I said on the bugreport, because I think that (Houston) we've got a problem. It's quite classical to use the following bit to test for a binary to call: | if [ -x `which invoke-rc.d 2/dev/null` ] See debhelper's sources: | git grep -e '-x.*which'|wc -l | 12 But: | $ if [ -x `which icanhazfailure 2/dev/null` ] ; then echo FAIL ; fi | FAIL And also, under zsh: | $ which doublefailure 2/dev/null | doublefailure not found Leading to: | if [ -x `which icanhazfailure 2/dev/null` ] ; then echo FAIL ; fi | [: too many arguments This is missing the double quotes that are present in the debhelper script snippet. Thanks to them, there is only one argument for [ -x . I guess we need a plan to fix some maintainer scripts, or am I grossly overlooking things here? There is nothing obviously wrong with them, and the snippet had worked fine for many years. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de (18/07/2009): This looks strange, it seems that the test found update-menus executable, but it no longer is. Namely, the shell has apparently hashed it, since otherwise you would update-menus: command not found instead of permission denied. This may be because the dpkg trigger for update-menus had been activated. Can you examine your dpkg.log entries of the failed upgrade? (No sign of triggers, it's just that emacs21 gets configured before menu.) That one might be arch-related: | kbsd:/home/kibi# which update-menus | /usr/bin/update-menus | kbsd:/home/kibi# ls -l /usr/bin/update-menus | -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113028 jun 8 13:13 /usr/bin/update-menus That's on GNU/kFreeBSD. I still have to investigate why, but it looks like if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] returns true even with the above-mentioned conditions. Cc'ing -bsd. And also, under zsh: | $ which doublefailure 2/dev/null | doublefailure not found Leading to: | if [ -x `which icanhazfailure 2/dev/null` ] ; then echo FAIL ; fi | [: too many arguments This is missing the double quotes that are present in the debhelper script snippet. Thanks to them, there is only one argument for [ -x . Indeed, thanks. /me gets back to fixing (real) bugs. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#537492: menu: Binary without execution bits.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Cyril Bruleboisk...@debian.org wrote: Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de (18/07/2009): This looks strange, it seems that the test found update-menus executable, but it no longer is. Namely, the shell has apparently hashed it, since otherwise you would update-menus: command not found instead of permission denied. This may be because the dpkg trigger for update-menus had been activated. Can you examine your dpkg.log entries of the failed upgrade? (No sign of triggers, it's just that emacs21 gets configured before menu.) That one might be arch-related: | kbsd:/home/kibi# which update-menus | /usr/bin/update-menus | kbsd:/home/kibi# ls -l /usr/bin/update-menus | -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113028 jun 8 13:13 /usr/bin/update-menus That's on GNU/kFreeBSD. I still have to investigate why, but it looks like if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] returns true even with the above-mentioned conditions. Cc'ing -bsd. Could this be the fakeroot chmod race problem again? (e.g. a faulty build of menu) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534879 Daniel -- Daniel Moerner dmoer...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
