Getting an unexpected warning and a syntax error when installing

[ctcarton]

Binary package hint: ebox

When installing ebox via apt-get from the command line I got this displayed in the output:

Adding new user `ebox' (UID 114) with group `ebox' ...
The home directory `/var/lib/ebox/' already exists. Not copying from `/etc/skel'.
adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/ebox/' does not belong to the user that you are currently creating.
Adding user `ebox' to group `adm' ...
Adding user ebox to group adm
Done.
sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

The warning is a little worrying and the syntax error is obviously a bug. The package did install though and everything seems to work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 16 07:56:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: ebox 1.3.5-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: ebox
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1527): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1527): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1567): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1559): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (nautilus:2559): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

[jehon (jeanhonlet)]

I did install ebox successfully one month ago, but now, I got the same problem when starting ebox...

$ sudo /etc/init.d/ebox usage
sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

$ sudo /usr/bin/perl /etc/init.d/ebox usage
sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Which let me think it run under sh (instead of perl as indicated at first line of ebox)

$ sudo sh -x /etc/init.d/ebox usage
+ use strict
/etc/init.d/ebox: 1: use: not found
+ use warnings
/etc/init.d/ebox: 1: use: not found
+ use EBox::Global
/etc/init.d/ebox: 1: use: not found
+ use EBox
/etc/init.d/ebox: 1: use: not found
+ use EBox::Sudo
/etc/init.d/ebox: 1: use: not found
+ use File::Slurp
/etc/init.d/ebox: 1: use: not found
/etc/init.d/ebox: 18: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Which confirm my idea: it run under sh instead of perl

Note that, strangely, if you run it without root priviledges (as normal user), it says:
$ /usr/bin/perl /etc/init.d/ebox usage
Cannot change user to ebox at /usr/share/perl5/EBox.pm line 137.

Which let me think it run correctly as perl executable.

[Javier Uruen Val (juruen)]

Actually, the issue was a debug line that shouldn't be there.

It does not affect the normal working of eBox though.

It's already fixed in trunk:

http://trac.ebox-platform.com/changeset/15650

You can easily get rid of it by removing from /usr/share/ebox/ebox-dbus-check a line containing:

system("echo $@ >> /tmp/fok");