Ubuntu
fslint package

error when searching bad symlinks

Bug #1345605 reported by Rolf Leggewie
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
fslint (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
fslint (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Rolf Leggewie
Ubuntu ubuntu-18.04

Bug Description

I came across the following error today when searching for bad symlinks. The search aborts half-way through with "<type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: ord() expected a character, but string of length 46 found" shown in the status area. My hunch is this might be related to long pathnames, but the search for duplicate files or empty directories on the same paths works without a problem. fslint 2.44-1 on trusty.

Tags: trusty
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in fslint (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Pádraig Brady (p-draigbrady) wrote :

https://code.google.com/p/fslint/source/detail?r=293

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Too bad that link no longer works

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Pádraig Brady (p-draigbrady) wrote :

That would be https://github.com/pixelb/fslint/commit/77bb8d455

Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
Changed in fslint (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → ubuntu-18.04
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
Changed in fslint (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in fslint (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package fslint - 2.44-4ubuntu1

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fslint (2.44-4ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * patches: backport upstream commit r293 and fix symlink searches
    LP: #1345605, Closes: #885153
  * control: update Debian Standard to 4.1.4

 -- Rolf Leggewie <email address hidden> Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:53:06 +0800

Changed in fslint (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in fslint (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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