Bug#514938: alternatively...

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Kees Cook wrote:

> Attached is a gross alternative to depending on bash...
> 
> -- 
> Kees Cook                                            @debian.org

thanks.

> --- mkinitramfs~	2009-02-11 17:18:41.000000000 -0800
> +++ mkinitramfs	2009-02-11 20:13:16.000000000 -0800
> @@ -296,7 +296,24 @@
>  fi
>  
>  [ "${verbose}" = y ] && echo "Building cpio ${outfile} initramfs"
> -(cd "${DESTDIR}" && find . | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | gzip >"${outfile}") || exit 1
> +(
> +# work around lack of "set -o pipefail" for the following pipe:
> +# cd "${DESTDIR}" && find . | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | gzip >"${outfile}"
> +exec 3>&1
> +eval `
> +    # http://cfaj.freeshell.org/shell/cus-faq-2.html
> +    exec 4>&1 >&3 3>&-
> +    {
> +        cd "${DESTDIR}" && find . 4>&-; echo "ec1=$?;" >&4
> +    } | {
> +        cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc 4>&-; echo "ec2=$?;" >&4
> +    } | gzip >"${outfile}"
> +    echo "ec3=$?;" >&4
> +`
> +if [ "$ec1" -ne 0 ]; then exit "$ec1"; fi
> +if [ "$ec2" -ne 0 ]; then exit "$ec2"; fi
> +if [ "$ec3" -ne 0 ]; then exit "$ec3"; fi
> +) || exit $?
>  
>  if [ -s "${__TMPCPIOGZ}" ]; then
>  	cat "${__TMPCPIOGZ}" >>"${outfile}" || exit 1

right will give that some test runs,
but more likely merge this one then the bash patch.


do you have other patches from ubuntu queued up?
currently is a good moment to gob them as lenny is allmost done
and thus repo open.

kind regards

-- 
maks