Oh, you know I hadn't thought of that. I suppose the following would be
possible in that case, if it's not more trouble than it's worth. (I
compiled the patch and it seems to work for me.)
BEGIN PATCH ---
--- a/lib/blkid/devname.c
Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.41.2-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
blkid returns true even if specified device does not exist (it should
return 2). This appears to be a new bug in lenny, as the behavior was
normal in etch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 06:39:55PM +0400, Kondrat Pushkarev wrote:
Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.41.2-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
blkid returns true even if specified device does not exist (it should
return 2). This appears to be a new bug in lenny, as
severity 502541 normal
thanks
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:14:41PM +0400, Peter Bray wrote:
Hi Ted,
Well, it broke one of my custom boot scripts which relied on the
return value to determine if a usb device was up or not. That script
broke when I upgraded to lenny, leaving my system
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