-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 25-01-2005 22:23, Debian User wrote: > Package: pop-before-smtp > Version: 1.28-6 > Severity: normal > File: /etc/init.d/pop-before-smtp > Tags: patch > > The variable "pid" has been renamed to "PID", but there's still > a call to the lowercase name. As side effect, 'cat' hangs > indefinitely waiting for stdin (since no filename is given). > This bug affects only the command > /etc/init.d/pop-before-smtp status > > This is the simple fix: > ================================================================ > *** /tmp/pop-before-smtp.patch > --- /etc/init.d/pop-before-smtp.orig Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 2002 > +++ /etc/init.d/pop-before-smtp Tue Jan 25 16:51:04 2005 > @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ > $0 start > ;; > status) > - p=`cat $pid 2>/dev/null` > + p=`cat $PID 2>/dev/null` > test -n "$p" || die "no pidfile for $DESC" > kill -0 $p || die "$NAME[$p] is no longer running" > ps -up $p > ================================================================
Thanks alot! As this bug is with the stable release of Debian, no changes except security-related ones are accepted, unfortunately. But now at least the info is public so others bitten by the problem can benefit from your discovery. regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB9tvHn7DbMsAkQLgRAp/yAJ4muMxdpIpKjwbg+jAaRZ26pcj5rQCdF4ck 7hGarzNrPc5TQgZnt2vo4po= =lk7B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
