FS#4916 - Bug in initscripts 0.7.2-3

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Manuel Hernandez (miausX) - Friday, 30 June 2006, 08:57 GMT
Last edited by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Friday, 30 June 2006, 15:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

There is a bug in the shell script /usr/bin/netcfg, provided by the initscripts-0.7.2-3 package.

When executing netcfg --menu from a VC, netcfg grabs as a profile the first file in the current working directory.
This problem doesn't occur when netcfg is executed from a terminal in the X Window System like gnome-terminal or when booting the system.

Since netcfg --menu is called by /etc/rc.d/network, when I have defined NET_PROFILES=(menu) in /etc/rc.conf I can't execute /etc/rc.d/network restart from a VC to reconfigure the network or to select another profile (for example).

I'm not sure if I should include more info, please ask me for it if needed.

Thank you.
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Friday, 30 June 2006, 15:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Thanks for the patch. It has been committed for the next initscripts build.
Comment by Manuel Hernandez (miausX) - Friday, 30 June 2006, 10:08 GMT
Solved!

So the problem was the dialog output when gpm is enabled.

I have changed the dialog output used in /usr/bin/netcfg and made a patch. Everything is working fine now (netcfg works from a VC with gpm enabled, from X and at boot time).

I have made the patch with the command:
LC_ALL=C TZ=UTC0 diff -Naur /usr/bin/netcfg /usr/bin/netcfg_new > netcfg.patch

And you can apply the patch with the command:
patch -p0 < netcfg.patch

Thanks.

   netcfg.patch (0.7 KiB)

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