regression in debconf-copydb when writing to stdout
Bug #2052982 reported by
Dan Bungert
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| debconf (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| debconf (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
While debugging a FTBFS in Ubiquity, I observed that the usage of debconf-copydb regressed when using version 1.5.85 of debconf. The previous-in-ubuntu version 1.5.82 of debconf was OK.
That invocation looks roughly like:
debconf-copydb templatedb pipe --config=Name:pipe --config=
Bisecting debconf from there found commit 5db857ade009534
"Avoid two-argument open"
Further tracing found the following change to Debconf/
- open ($fh, '>-');
+ open ($fh, '>', \*STDOUT);
An additional symptom of this problem is GLOB files with names that look like:
GLOB(0x01234567
| Changed in debconf (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| status: | In Progress → Invalid |
| Changed in debconf (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in debconf (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in debconf (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in debconf (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This bug was fixed in the package debconf - 1.5.86
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debconf (1.5.86) unstable; urgency=medium
* Fix stdin/stdout handling regression in Debconf:
Dan Bungert; closes: #1063817, LP: #2052982).
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:35:03 +0000