This is fixed upstream in version 2.3.1 of pcsc-lite with a default /etc/default/pcscd https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2024/12/new-version-of-pcsc-lite-231/
It will be fixed in Ubuntu 25.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pcsc-lite in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2107311 Title: pcscd.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: PCSCD_ARGS Status in pcsc-lite package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Bug is in package pcscd, but form field above gives error 'pcscd does not exist in Ubuntu' ! apt-cache show pcscd Package: pcscd Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.3-1build1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra Section: universe/misc Source: pcsc-lite Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rouss...@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 167 Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~) Depends: libccid | pcsc-ifd-handler, libc6 (>= 2.38), libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.12.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libudev1 (>= 183), libpcsclite1 (= 2.0.3-1build1) Suggests: systemd Filename: pool/universe/p/pcsc-lite/pcscd_2.0.3-1build1_amd64.deb Size: 61722 MD5sum: 62d5cc461f6a975344398561a01b60e9 SHA1: f33fb2b219ae5a02b94b474184a86811c1c67918 SHA256: cf2368a4200e7a69b61646f6c70c10dbe9082a0897db7bbca921503440319540 SHA512: fd03e3e75ebdf4d3d029f601845427ab20c170ffa742cb35d69574d617023812b5a7435f78371289cd3cebba13e711c2ecc821da93c2bc91da7a92b91ce34408 Homepage: https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/ Description-en: Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (daemon side) The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smart cards and smart cards readers. . The PC/SC daemon is used to dynamically allocate/deallocate reader drivers at runtime and manage connections to the readers. Description-md5: 40f2879e95ee03b8541cb267e0af1f29 Putput of lsb_release -rd: No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Release: 24.04 output of 'apt-cache policy pcscd': pcscd: Installed: 2.0.3-1build1 Candidate: 2.0.3-1build1 Version table: *** 2.0.3-1build1 500 500 https://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status The following WARNING (not error) appears in journalctl log: pcscd.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: PCSCD_ARGS Fix: Add definition of PCSCD_ARGS="" to /etc/default/pcscd: Existing /etc/default/pcscd is an empty file New /etc/default/pcscd with line added: PCSCD_ARGS= To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcsc-lite/+bug/2107311/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp