Subject: pkg/13346: Slight Problem with Hylafax
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <burgess@neonramp.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/30/2001 10:58:07
>Number: 13346
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: faxsetup fails in obscure ways
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jun 30 08:56:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dave Burgess
>Release: NetBSD Release 1.5
>Organization:
Nebraska On-Ramp
>Environment:
System: NetBSD fax.neonramp.com 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #1: Sun Nov 19 21:42:11 MET 2000 fvdl@sushi:/work/trees/netbsd-1-5/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
There are at least three different problems with the HylaFAX
faxsetup program.
Near line 2085, the subroutine to find the pid numbers for the
running programs fails both tests. I replaced the check with
"ps -ax | grep $1 | grep -v grep | head -1 | cut -c1-5"
While this is clearly a Kludge, it should work for all systems.
The other two errors are the tests for "SYSVINIT". It's blank
in my installation. The tests that refer to it seem to do the
Wrong Thing at execution time. The clue is 'start: not found'
near line 2210. The "if [ -x " near there seems to be perfectly
happy with the -x and no argument. I enclosed the argument in
quotation marks, and the test worked. I did the same thing with
the "[ -f" near line 1709.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install Hylafax onto a new system. The errors are built into
the system. Watch for "start: not found" during the faxsetup
phase.
>Fix:
See write-up. Quotation marks fix most of the problems, and the
changed code in the findproc function solved all of my problems.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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