Package: debian-goodies Version: 0.40 Tags: patch Popbugs deletes the temporary output file too quickly if the browser does not block, resulting in a "File not found" error.
This is because calls to os.system return immediately for these browsers, resulting in the termination of the popbugs script. This in-turn causes the temporary file created by tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile to be garbage- collected, which--by its own contract--unlinks the file. Epiphany (and other browsers) only block if they are the only instance: # killall epiphany-browser # epiphany /tmp/foo.html [Blocks] # killall epiphany-browser # epiphany /tmp/foo.html & [Blocks, but daemonised] # epiphany /tmp/bar.html # [Second instance does not block] The patch is simple; simply use a more long-lived temporary file: --- ./popbugs.orig 2007-07-09 21:37:50.000000000 +0100 +++ ./popbugs 2008-03-19 22:45:19.000000000 +0000 @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ sys.exit(1) if outputfile == None: - output = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.html') - outputfile = output.name + fd, outputfile = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.html') + output = os.fdopen(fd, 'w') view = 1 elif outputfile == '-': output = sys.stdout Regards, -- Chris Lamb, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0x634F9A20
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