Bug#46808: dpkg: update-rc.d regexp error

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.13

There is an error in the /^start|stop$/ regexp; it should have
parentheses.  Here is a patch.

--- update-rc.d.orig    Wed Oct  6 15:54:12 1999
+++ update-rc.d Wed Oct  6 15:55:51 1999
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
 }
 
 $_ = $ARGV[0];
-if    (/^remove$/)     { &checklinks ("remove"); }
-elsif (/^defaults$/)   { &defaults; &makelinks }
-elsif (/^start|stop$/) { &startstop; &makelinks; }
-else                   { &usage; }
+if    (/^remove$/)       { &checklinks ("remove"); }
+elsif (/^defaults$/)     { &defaults; &makelinks }
+elsif (/^(start|stop)$/) { &startstop; &makelinks; }
+else                     { &usage; }
 
 exit (0);
 

   Julian

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  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
        Debian GNU/Linux Developer,  see http://www.debian.org/~jdg