Ubuntu
gcalctool package

Parsing not handling things the way a "normal" calculator would

Bug #187014 reported by Mark Rogers
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GCalctool
Fix Released
Medium
gcalctool (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcalctool

In a "normal" calculator, a trailing decimal point would be acceptable (if pointless), eg:
 10. + 20 =
.. would give 30

In gcalctool this causes a "Malformed expression" error.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

$ dpkg -l gcalctool | cat
[...]
ii gcalctool 5.20.2-0ubuntu1 A GTK2 desktop calculator

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 29 11:45:30 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gcalctool
NonfreeKernelModules: vmnet vmmon nvidia
Package: gcalctool 5.20.2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gcalctool
ProcCwd: /home/mark
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/mark/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcalctool
Uname: Linux mark-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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Mark Rogers (mark-web) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513218

Changed in gcalctool:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gcalctool:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gcalctool:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

fixed upstream, thanks.

Changed in gcalctool:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Christophe Sauthier (christophe.sauthier) wrote :

In the hardy current version (5.21.92) the fix is released.

Changed in gcalctool:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Mark Rogers (mark-web) wrote :

As OP, and running hardy, can I just say thanks guys; this stuff is why Linux and OSS is the way to go.

All your efforts are really appreciated.

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Changed in gcalctool:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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