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Re: lsb-release: please review for release exception



Hi Chris,

On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:33:03PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> On 11/15/06, vagrant+bugs@freegeek.org <vagrant+bugs@freegeek.org> wrote:
> >i am wondering if this bug should be considered RC, as it makes
> >lsb_release unable to report that is is running etch:

> >lsb_release -a
> >No LSB modules are available.
> >Distributor ID: Debian
> >Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (n/a)
> >Release:        4.0
> >Codename:       n/a

> >this bug is present in the version of lsb-release in etch (3.1-15) and
> >though it is fixed in unstable, lsb is frozen, and may require a
> >release exception to propegate to etch.

> I am preparing a new upload at the moment that fixes the two big
> outstanding bugs in 3.1-19, including this issue; that's probably what
> should propogate into etch (and there are a series of bugs fixed
> between 3.1-16 and -20 that should make it in anyway).

Reviewing the diff between -15 and -20, I notice this change in
init-functions:

     if [ "x$TERM" != "xdumb" ] && [ -x $TPUT ] && [ -x $EXPR ] && $TPUT hpa 60 >/dev/null 2>&1 && $TPUT setaf 1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        FANCYTTY=1
-        true
+        [ -z $FANCYTTY ] && FANCYTTY=1
     else
         FANCYTTY=0
-        false
     fi
+    case "$FANCYTTY" in
+        1|Y|yes|true)   true;;
+        *)              false;;
+    esac


The addition of the [ -z $FANCYTTY ] && FANCYTTY=1 isn't going to work right
under set -e; if FANCYTTY is non-empty for whatever reason, then [ -z
$FANCYTTY ] returns false -- and short-circuits, causing the function to
return false immediately instead of returning true farther down as intended.

Do you want to upload a fix for this, or should I go ahead and approve -20
as-is?  This is minor and the rest of the diff looks fine, so I have no
problem hinting -20 in.

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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