Package: extlinux Version: 2:4.05+dfsg-5 Severity: normal There are at least two issues in extlinux here.
extlinux --once does not print newline after the error message. For example (running on a read-only /boot): # extlinux --once "3.2.0-amd64" /boot /boot is device /dev/sda2 Bad file descriptor# _ (note the cursor position). This is one, minor issue. Another issue is that it actually does not check if open(2) succeeded before trying to modify --once argument: ... open("/boot/ldlinux.sys", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=32256, ...}) = 0 pread64(4, "\245/-Zg\27\4\243\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 1024, 31232) = 1024 close(4) = 0 open("/boot/ldlinux.sys", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=32256, ...}) = 0 pread64(4, "\245/-Zg\27\4\243\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 1024, 31232) = 1024 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=32256, ...}) = 0 ioctl(4, FS_IOC32_GETFLAGS or FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, 0xffde860c) = 0 ioctl(4, FS_IOC32_SETFLAGS or FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, 0xffde860c) = -1 EROFS (Read-only file system) fchmod(4, 0100644) = -1 EROFS (Read-only file system) close(4) = 0 open("/boot/ldlinux.sys", O_RDWR|O_SYNC|O_LARGEFILE|0x100000) = -1 EROFS (Read-only file system) pwrite64(-1, "\245/-Z\237p<\21\1\v3.2.0-amd64\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 1024, 31232) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) write(2, "Bad file descriptor", 19Bad file descriptor) = 19 (also fchmod(2) return isn't checked) The same happens with --clear-once too. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org