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Pierre Ynard
From 33ee6752b8752cedd4cdc3bb936485e3aec14e03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre Ynard <linkfa...@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:16:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Do not use unsafe `: >` shell command to create files
(Closes: #923478)
As per POSIX standard and dash implementation, the `:` shell command is
a special built-in, whose redirection errors will abort the script. Use
`true` instead to handle file write errors gracefully.
---
debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh | 2 +-
debian/src/initscripts/lib/init/bootclean.sh | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh b/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
index ad60f2a..06facc2 100755
--- a/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ do_start () {
esac
# Create /var/run/utmp so we can login.
- : > /var/run/utmp
+ true > /var/run/utmp
if grep -q ^utmp: /etc/group
then
chmod 664 /var/run/utmp
diff --git a/debian/src/initscripts/lib/init/bootclean.sh b/debian/src/initscripts/lib/init/bootclean.sh
index 553f196..03a593e 100644
--- a/debian/src/initscripts/lib/init/bootclean.sh
+++ b/debian/src/initscripts/lib/init/bootclean.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ mkflagfile()
# able to introduce a symlink here. As an extra precaution,
# set noclobber.
set -o noclobber
- :> "$1" || { log_failure_msg "bootclean: Failure creating '$1'." ; return 1 ; }
+ true > "$1" || { log_failure_msg "bootclean: Failure creating '$1'." ; return 1 ; }
return 0
}
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