Ubuntu
xinit package

Fatal typo in /usr/bin/startx

Bug #31241 reported by Rocco Stanzione
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xinit (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Sorry I don't have the line number, I made a lot of modifications to startx trying to track this down, but it's easy to find:
dummy=$((dummy+1));
should be:
dummy=$(($dummy+1));

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. It's known upstream too: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4449

I've uploaded a package with the fix you pointed which fixes the issue:

 xinit (1.0.1-0ubuntu2) dapper; urgency=low
 .
   * startx.cpp:
     - fix a shell usage error,
       change suggested by Rocco Stanzione <email address hidden>
       (Ubuntu: #31241) (Freedesktop: #4449)

Changed in xinit:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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