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and subject line Bug#1102545: fixed in lbdb 0.57-1
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regarding lbdb: eval quoting for $@ still doesn't work - shattering hopes
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Package: lbdb
Version: 0.51.1-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi Roland,
I'm trying to use lbdb for Debian work, but I found some of my queries are
not returning results.
In particular uid queries work and I belive I tested with those when
writing my config eons ago. However having since found myself also needing
to lookup people by name I was always frustrated by the no results problem,
but usually too focused to look into it.
Now I have and it seems the smelly eval in the middle of lbdbq is to blame.
Looking into the history I find your
commit a5d53a802c5cc3fe288a3ae7640d9cccf0b5b762
Hopefully the quoting of $@ now works...
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
lbdbq.sh.in | 2 +-
modified lbdbq.sh.in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for method in $METHODS ; do
done
for method in $METHODS ; do
- eval ${method}_query "$@" >> $collection || true
+ eval ${method}_query \""$@"\" >> $collection || true
done
Regrettably I must inform you that this did not seem to make the quoting
work :-).
Instead I submit to you the idea to
just-not-use-eval-at-all-ever-as-it's-rarely-really-actually-needed^TM:
- eval ${method}_query \""$@"\" >> "$collection" || true
+ ${method}_query "$@" >> "$collection" || true
This seems to fix my problem at least, but I'm not sure passing the $@ args
individually is the behaviour you intended?
--Daniel
PS: Thanks for lbdb.
I really like the whole concept of it if it would only work <3
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.10
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'stable-debug'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-18-amd64 (SMP w/32 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages lbdb depends on:
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u10
ii libvformat0 1.13-12
ii perl 5.36.0-7+deb12u1
lbdb recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lbdb suggests:
pn abook <none>
ii elpa-lbdb 0.51.1-1
ii finger 0.17-17
pn goobook <none>
pn khard <none>
ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-3
ii libnet-ldap-perl 1:0.6800+dfsg-1
pn libpalm-perl <none>
pn maildir-utils <none>
ii mutt 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1
pn procmail <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/lbdb.rc changed:
METHODS="m_gpg m_ldap"
LDAP_NICKS="debian"
/etc/lbdb_ldap.rc changed:
%ldap_server_db = (
'debian' => [
'ldaps://db.debian.org',
'ou=users,dc=debian,dc=org',
'uid cn sn ircnick',
'uid cn sn ircnick',
'${uid}@debian.org',
'${cn} ${sn}', '${ircnick}'
],
);
$ldap_server = 'ldaps://db.debian.org';
$search_base = 'ou=users,dc=debian,dc=org';
$ldap_search_fields = 'uid cn sn ircnick';
$ldap_expected_answers = 'uid cn sn ircnick';
$ldap_result_email = '${uid}@debian.org';
$ldap_result_realname = '${cn} ${sn}';
$ldap_result_comment = '(${ircnick})';
$ignorant = 0;
$ldap_bind_dn = '';
$ldap_bind_password = '';
$ldap_tls = 0; # Note: setting this to 1 breaks with ldaps urls
$ldap_sasl_mech = '';
1;
-- no debconf information
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Source: lbdb
Source-Version: 0.57-1
Done: Roland Rosenfeld <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lbdb, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Roland Rosenfeld <[email protected]> (supplier of updated lbdb package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing [email protected])
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:39:05 +0100
Source: lbdb
Architecture: source
Version: 0.57-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Roland Rosenfeld <[email protected]>
Closes: 1101372 1102545
Changes:
lbdb (0.57-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream version 0.57.
* This adds m_notmuch_addrlookup module, thanks to gregor herrmann
(Closes: #1101372).
* This replaces eval call in lbdbq (Closes: #1102545).
* Update debian/watch to version 5.
* Declare compliance with Debian Policy 4.7.2.
* Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default.
* Remove «Priority: optional», which is the current default.
* Update FSF address in copyright to URL.
* Update debian/copyright with support of lrc.
* Declare compliance with Debian Policy 4.7.3.
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