Ubuntu
console-common package

/etc/init.d/keymap.sh Searches /etc/environment with wrong regexp.

Bug #18448 reported by Ralph Corderoy
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
console-common (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Watson
console-tools (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
kbd (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

/etc/init.d/keymap.sh contains

    for var in LANG LC_ALL LC_CTYPE; do
        value=$(egrep "^[^#]*${var}=" /etc/environment | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2)
        eval $var=$value
    done

egrep's pattern will match FOOLANG, OLDLANG, etc., same goes for the
other values of $var. Is this intended? I assume not, hence the bug
report.

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Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote :

*** Bug 18449 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Revision history for this message
Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote :

This section of /etc/init.d/keymap.sh hasn't changed in Dapper, Ubuntu 6.06.

Changed in console-common:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package console-common - 0.7.80ubuntu2

---------------
console-common (0.7.80ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise debian/keymap.sh with console-screen.sh from
    console-tools, fixing dubious grepping of /etc/environment and
    /etc/default/locale (LP: #18448).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:32 +0000

Changed in console-common:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in console-tools:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kbd - 1.14.1-4ubuntu2

---------------
kbd (1.14.1-4ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise debian/console-screen.kbd.sh with console-screen.sh from
    console-tools, fixing dubious grepping of /etc/environment and
    /etc/default/locale (LP: #18448).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:04:35 +0000

Changed in kbd:
status: New → Fix Released
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