Bug#289845: xdvizilla: subtle syntax error.
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-25
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
According to the bash (and ksh) manual, group commands must be terminated
by `;' or newline. In
{ echo } } } } ; }
the first four '}'s are passed to echo as parameters, instead of closing
the block.
Currently, /usr/bin/xdvizilla fails with a misleading error message:
$ xdvizilla /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/general/lshort.dvi.gz
/usr/bin/xdvizilla: line 41: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'
/usr/bin/xdvizilla: line 41: ` ;;'
The following patch restores the correct behaviour:
--- xdvizilla.old 2004-12-23 17:39:17.000000000 +0100
+++ xdvizilla.new 2005-01-11 11:22:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
case "$FILETYPE" in
*"gzip compressed data"*)
- FILE=`mktemp -t xdvizilla.XXXXXX` || { echo "$0: Cannot create temporary file"; exit 1 }
+ FILE=`mktemp -t xdvizilla.XXXXXX` || {
+ echo "$0: Cannot create temporary file"
+ exit 1
+ }
gunzip -c "$1" > $FILE
[ -n "$NO_RM" ] || rm -f -- "$1"
NO_RM=
@@ -41,7 +44,10 @@
;;
*"compressed data"* | *"compress'd data"*)
- FILE=`mktemp -t xdvizilla.XXXXXX` || { echo "$0: Cannot create temporary file"; exit 1 }
+ FILE=`mktemp -t xdvizilla.XXXXXX` || {
+ echo "$0: Cannot create temporary file"
+ exit 1
+ }
uncompress -c "$1" > $FILE
[ -n "$NO_RM" ] || rm -f -- "$1"
NO_RM=
@@ -60,7 +66,10 @@
case "$FILETYPE" in
*" tar archive")
- TARDIR=`mktemp -t -d xdvitar.XXXXXX` || { echo "$0: Cannot create temporary directory"; exit 1 }
+ TARDIR=`mktemp -t -d xdvitar.XXXXXX` || {
+ echo "$0: Cannot create temporary directory"
+ exit 1
+ }
mkdir $TARDIR
cat "$FILE" | (cd $TARDIR; tar xf -)
DVINAME=`tar tf "$FILE" | grep '\.dvi$' | head -1`
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.25 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-6 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-25 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libwww-ssl0 [libwww0] 5.4.0-9 The W3C-WWW library (SSL support)
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.4-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 2.0.2c-3 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 1.13 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime
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