[Touch-packages] [Bug 1045072] Re: bash generates spurious DEL on empty variable interpolation

2015-05-24 Thread Ian! D. Allen
output) using /bin/dash. # -Ian! D. Allen - idal...@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com a='' { echo correct $a # correct empty output line echo correct $a$a # correct empty output line echo correct $a$a$a # correct empty output line echo XwrongX

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1908025] [NEW] export var=~root does not expand ~root to /root

2020-12-13 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Shouldn't these give the same results in dash, i.e. "/root"? They give the same output in bash. $ dash $ var=~root $ echo "$var" /root $ export var=~root $ echo "$var" ~root ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: dash 0.5.10.2-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1958005] [NEW] rsyslogd mishandles startswith_i against $programname

2022-01-14 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: The rsyslog program mis-handles the "startswith_i" comparison when applied to $programname. Details follow: Put this file in /etc/rsyslog.d/10-idallen.conf (it precedes all other files): if ( $programname startswith 'foo' ) then { /var/log/idallen-cron.log

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-03-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I am not arguing about the behaviour, which is correct and apparently hasn't changed. I'm complaining about the unannounced change in message from "is uptodate" to "is newer". Three problems: 1. The message "is newer" is an unannounced change from all previous versions of rsync that say "is

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] [NEW] rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-03-15 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: rsync 3.2.3 has a broken "--update" option.See the examples below. The "--update" option incorrectly makes rsync say a file is newer than itself. Remove the "--update" option, and rsync correctly says the file is "uptodate". The right output should of course be "is

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1989545] [NEW] ubuntu-bug fails when run via remote SSH login

2022-09-14 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop. I SSH into my laptop running 22.04: desktop$ ssh laptop laptop$ sudo -sE laptop# If I now run most any X11 client applications (e.g. xload, xterm) using this laptop SSH command line, they correctly open windows on my

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1989545] Re: ubuntu-bug fails when run via remote SSH login

2022-09-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
The laptop is logged in and running Wayland: /usr/bin/Xwayland :0 My desktop is running X11: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 When I SSH into the laptop from the desktop, my DISPLAY is set to "localhost:10". When I start an xterm in the SSH session (running xterm on the laptop), the xterm

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-10 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I knew nothing about your SRU process until now; the man page for `ubuntu-bug` makes no mention of it. Who fills out the SRU Bug Template and makes the fix actually happen? Is there anything more I need to do here? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-10 Thread Ian! D. Allen
The problem was marked as Confirmed by Paride back on March 17. Then today it gets marked Invalid. Then later today it gets marked Confirmed again. I don't understand your process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-10 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Your incorrect statement "seems the issue does not actually exist" is wrong. I told you exactly how to reproduce the problem on your latest 22.04.1 LTS release. I gave you the link to the upstream bug that Wayne fixed over two years ago. This two-year-old bug does exist and it exists in your

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-10 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I'm not familiar with your SRU process, debdiff, dput, the "General Requirements" document, the "security policy document", or your upload process, and I'm not into learning about all that and filling out your special form and making your special upload when there is no guarantee that Ubuntu will

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-11 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Description changed: rsync 3.2.3 has a broken "--update" option.See the examples below. The "--update" option incorrectly makes rsync say a file is newer than itself. Remove the "--update" option, and rsync correctly says the file is "uptodate". The right output should of course be

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-08 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Hey Ubuntu - I see now that this bug was reported and fixed at source in September 2020, over two years ago. The real bug is: "Why didn't Ubuntu apply the fix to the supported Ubuntu releases?" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1965076] Re: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself

2022-10-10 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Your incorrect statement "seems the issue does not actually exist" is wrong. I told you exactly how to reproduce the problem on your latest 22.04.1 LTS release. You were also given the link to the upstream bug that Wayne fixed over two years ago. This two-year-old bug does exist and it exists