tags 539366 patch thanks Found this existing bug report last minute, so here's what I almost submitted as new:
/etc/cron.daily/apt uses the following logic at line 324:
eval $(apt-config shell VERBOSE APT::Periodic::Verbose)
debug_echo "verbose level $VERBOSE"
if [ -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
VERBOSE="0"
fi
Since debug_echo numerically compares $VERBOSE, this results in
+ apt-config shell VERBOSE APT::Periodic::Verbose
+ eval
+ debug_echo verbose level
+ [ -ge 1 ]
[: 1: Illegal number:
and the following message mailed by cron:
[: 324: Illegal number:
The patch could be to set $VERBOSE if unset while passing it to
debug_echo:
--- /tmp/apt 2009-08-05 07:37:48.441667500 +0200
+++ /etc/cron.daily/apt 2009-08-05 07:37:08.956785843 +0200
@@ -322,10 +322,7 @@
set -x
# Set VERBOSE mode from apt-config (or inherit from environment)
eval $(apt-config shell VERBOSE APT::Periodic::Verbose)
-debug_echo "verbose level $VERBOSE"
-if [ -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
- VERBOSE="0"
-fi
+debug_echo "verbose level ${VERBOSE:=0}"
if [ "$VERBOSE" -le 2 ]; then
# quiet for 0,1,2
XSTDOUT=">/dev/null"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-rc3-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1+b1 terminal-based package manager
ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.3.1 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.10.4 Python interface to libapt-pkg
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