FS#35173 - [pacman] paccache throws a warning that /dev/fd/63 does not exist

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by John (graysky) - Thursday, 09 May 2013, 20:52 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 04:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Scripts & Tools
Status Closed
Assigned To Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 4.1.1
Due in Version 4.1.2
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 7
Private No

Details

I get an xargs warning when in invoke paccache to remove old packages:

% paccache -vrk 2
==> Privilege escalation required
xargs: Cannot open input file `/dev/fd/63': No such file or directory

==> finished: 5 packages removed (diskspace saved: 2.61 MiB)

Additional info:
* package version(s) 4.1,1-1


Steps to reproduce:
Run `paccache -vrk 2` on the target box. I can reproduce this error on several different systems.
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 04:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  git commit 8be08f7c for pacman-4.1.2
Comment by cfr (cfr42) - Monday, 20 May 2013, 02:11 GMT
Just to be clear: it is not just a warning. No packages are actually removed.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Monday, 20 May 2013, 02:18 GMT
I'm aware, and I've already written a fix for this

https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2013-May/017185.html

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