Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: lsb-base
This report concerns the /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh file, in lsb-base
3.2-14ubuntu2 in Intrepid.
The log_to_console() function in this file breaks when there is no /proc
filesystem, and "set -e" is in effect. (Note how it does "readlink
/proc/self/fd/0", without bothering to check that /proc/self exists.)
Why would /proc be missing, you ask? In my case, I am debconf-
configuring the console-setup package inside a freshly-unpacked chroot
Ubuntu system: "chroot /target /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure console-
setup". The debconf script invokes the init.d script, and the init.d
script uses "set -e", with the end result that the dpkg-reconfigure
procedure exits with an error.
(One could argue the point that "you should mount a copy of procfs under
/target/proc before running dpkg-reconfigure," but the shell function's
use of /proc is not particularly critical. I think it is reasonable for
the function to be able to work without /proc, and presume that stdin !=
/dev/null in that case.)
I am attaching a trivial patch that fixes this issue.
** Affects: lsb (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305281
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