Bug#851814: apt-build: Broken postinst by less permissive sed
Package: apt-build
Version: 0.12.45
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
Dear QA Group:
Installing apt-build results in this error:
Setting up apt-build (0.12.45) ...
sed: character class syntax is [[:space:]], not [:space:]
dpkg: error processing package apt-build (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 4
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-build
Discovered by Antonio Trujillo here:
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/dd7864af-d235-217c-74dc-bd1b5a086e83@juntadeandalucia.es
I think the following trivial patch should fix it, but I'm not
confident enough to push it to git because version in Debian archives
does not exactly match HEAD in git.
Thanks.
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ] ; then
if [ -e "$source" ] ; then
# comment in all sources lists if asked
if [ "$add_to_sourceslist" = "false" ] ; then
- sed -i -e "s|^[:space:]*$debline.*|#$debline|" "$source"
+ sed -i -e "s|^[[:space:]]*$debline.*|#$debline|" "$source"
# check if source entry is already enabled
elif grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*$debline" "$source" ; then
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ] ; then
test -z "make_options" || grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*make_options =' $CONFFILE || \
echo "make_options =" >> $CONFFILE
- sed -e "s|^[:space:]*build-dir =.*|build-dir = $build_dir|" \
- -e "s|^[:space:]*repository-dir =.*|repository-dir = $repository_dir|" \
- -e "s|^[:space:]*Olevel =.*|Olevel = $Olevel|" \
- -e "s|^[:space:]*mtune =.*|mtune = $mtune|" \
- -e "s|^[:space:]*options =.*|options = \" $options\"|" \
- -e "s|^[:space:]*make_options =.*|make_options = \" $make_options\"|" \
+ sed -e "s|^[[:space:]]*build-dir =.*|build-dir = $build_dir|" \
+ -e "s|^[[:space:]]*repository-dir =.*|repository-dir = $repository_dir|" \
+ -e "s|^[[:space:]]*Olevel =.*|Olevel = $Olevel|" \
+ -e "s|^[[:space:]]*mtune =.*|mtune = $mtune|" \
+ -e "s|^[[:space:]]*options =.*|options = \" $options\"|" \
+ -e "s|^[[:space:]]*make_options =.*|make_options = \" $make_options\"|" \
< $CONFFILE > $CONFFILE.tmp
mv -f $CONFFILE.tmp $CONFFILE
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