FS#18950 : [pm-utils] remove_parameters() function is broken

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FS#18950 - [pm-utils] remove_parameters() function is broken

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Peter Wegas (ccc1) - Saturday, 03 April 2010, 18:11 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Saturday, 03 April 2010, 18:51 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	No-one
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

the remove_parameters() function in /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions uses grep to remove parameters from the parameter list:

"if [ "$1" = "all" ]; then
echo '' > "$PARAMETERS.new"
else
echo '' >"$PARAMETERS.rm"
for p in "$@"; do
echo "$p" >> "$PARAMETERS.rm"
done
# let grep do the dirty work.
grep -vxFf "$PARAMETERS.rm" "$PARAMETERS" > "$PARAMETERS.new"
fi"

but since $PARAMETERS.rm has an empty line at the beginning, grep will just write $PARAMETERS to sdtout.
this behavior of grep is intented. see: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2010-04/msg00037.html

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Closed by Ionut Biru (wonder)
Saturday, 03 April 2010, 18:51 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug