/usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist/aliases.aug does not parse valid /etc/aliases file

[Jean-Luc Geering]

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

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$ apt-cache policy augeas-lenses
augeas-lenses:
  Installed: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.8.0-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.0-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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according to man aliases the value of an alias can also be a command:

|command or "|exit 67"

when /etc/aliases contains a line like

somebody: |exit

augeas can parse it:

augtool> print /augeas/files/etc/aliases/
/augeas/files/etc/aliases
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/path = "/files/etc/aliases"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/mtime = "1314790471"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/lens = "@Aliases"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/lens/info = "/usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist/aliases.aug:21.12-.38:"

when the command is enclosed between double quotes, such as this

somebody: "|exit 67"

parsing fails:

augtool> print /augeas/files/etc/aliases/
/augeas/files/etc/aliases
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/path = "/files/etc/aliases"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/mtime = "1314790678"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/lens = "@Aliases"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/lens/info = "/usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist/aliases.aug:21.12-.38:"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/error = "parse_failed"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/error/pos = "1619"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/error/line = "9"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/error/char = "0"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/error/lens = "/usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist/aliases.aug:21.12-.38:"
/augeas/files/etc/aliases/error/message = "Iterated lens matched less than it should"

[James Page (james-page)]

the quoting is required for commands that contain special characters such as whitespace.

It looks like augeas is not parsing that type of command correctly.

Marking as 'Confirmed' as I was able to reproduce with importance 'Low'.

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

https://fedorahosted.org/augeas/ticket/229

[Raphaël Pinson (raphink)]

This was fixed upstream. I will make a patch in precise.

[Raphaël Pinson (raphink)]

Uploaded to precise:

 augeas (0.10.0-0ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low
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   * Add LP838010_sudoers.patch to (LP: #838010).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package augeas - 0.10.0-0ubuntu3

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augeas (0.10.0-0ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

  * Add LP838010_sudoers.patch to (LP: #838010).
 -- Raphael Pinson <email address hidden> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:51:39 +0100

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Could you please make your changelog entries more descriptive? I had to drill down to this bug to find out what you were patching in this and the previous upload. Also patch headers would be useful.