syntax error in /etc/init/kdm.conf upstart file

[J G Miller]

PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"
VERSION="14.04, Trusty Tahr"

Package: kdm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Architecture: i386
Source: kde-workspace
Version: 4:4.11.9-0ubuntu0.2

file /etc/init/kdm.conf contains the line

        $(plymouth quit && plymouth wait && sleep 1) || :

The syntax of this command for plymouth Version: 0.8.8-0ubuntu17 is invalid

 plymouth wait
Splash control client
USAGE: plymouth [OPTION...] [COMMAND [OPTION...]...]

It should be plymouth --wait

Thus the sleep 1 is never executed because the invalid plymouth wait returns 1( false) and never 0 (true).

So to keep the style consistent with both instances of calling plymouth, the line should read

        $(plymouth --quit && plymouth --wait && sleep 1) || :

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However, if plymouth has already been told to quit, how can the command to tell plymouth to wait do anything if plymouth is no longer running?
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[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "Patch for /etc/init.d/kdm.conf for invocation of plymouth" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.