Bug#782780: hw-detect: edge case in checking-missing-firmware: timestamp handling
Package: hw-detect
Version: 1.108
Severity: important
Spotted by Ivo while reviewing the rushed code addition: “
- if get_fresh_dmesg doens't find any new lines in dmesg, the timestamp is empty
- next time it runs, it outputs the entire dmesg again
”
It seems it would make sense to check whether $dmesg_file is empty, so
that we don't forget about the previously-saved timestamp.
It seems to me a fix could go through unstable→testing (as stretch), and
be backported for 8.1 (as opposed to re-uploading after RC3, before 8.0).
Mraw,
KiBi.
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