Looks like the change was made between 2008 and 2010... debian-4.0$ export EDITOR=cat ; crontab -e ; ret1=$? ; strace crontab -e ; ret2=$? ; echo ; echo return: $ret1, straced return: $ret2 ... [snip] ... return: 0, straced return: 0
debian-5.0$ export EDITOR=cat ; crontab -e >/dev/null ; ret1=$? ; echo === ; strace crontab -e ; ret2=$? ; echo ; echo return: $ret1, straced return: $ret2 ... [snip] ... return: 0, straced return: 0 debian-6.0$ export EDITOR=cat ; crontab -e >/dev/null ; ret1=$? ; echo === ; strace crontab -e ; ret2=$? ; echo ; echo return: $ret1, straced return: $ret2 ... [snip] ... return: 0, straced return: 1 ubuntu-8.04$ export EDITOR=cat ; crontab -e >/dev/null ; ret1=$? ; echo === ; strace crontab -e ; ret2=$? ; echo ; echo return: $ret1, straced return: $ret2 ... [snip] ... return: 0, straced return: 0 ubuntu-10.04.3$ export EDITOR=cat ; crontab -e >/dev/null ; ret1=$? ; echo === ; strace crontab -e ; ret2=$? ; echo ; echo return: $ret1, straced return: $ret2 ... [snip] ... return: 0, straced return: 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582319 Title: strace crontab -e bombs on 10.04LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strace/+bug/582319/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
