On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:29:40AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi, > > #502715 - acidlab: can be installed without a controlling tty > #502754 - hylafax-client: [..] /dev/tty: No such device or address > > Both of these packages fail due to lines like: > > ucf [..] < /dev/tty > > in their postinst scripts. [0] may provide an explanation and justification > for simply removing these redirections. However, I have not tested it yet.
Removing the redirections seems to work fine. I propose to NMU the attached patch to fix this problem for lenny. Cheers, Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email)
diff -u hylafax-4.4.4/debian/changelog hylafax-4.4.4/debian/changelog --- hylafax-4.4.4/debian/changelog +++ hylafax-4.4.4/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +hylafax (2:4.4.4-10.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload + * Urgency medium for RC bug fix + * Don't redirect /dev/tty to ucf any more. Closes: #502754. + + -- Dominic Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:18:42 +0000 + hylafax (2:4.4.4-10) unstable; urgency=low * Corrected email address for delivery notifications. Closes: 497962. only in patch2: unchanged: --- hylafax-4.4.4.orig/debian/hylafax-client.postinst +++ hylafax-4.4.4/debian/hylafax-client.postinst @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ then if [ /etc/hylafax/pagesizes -nt /var/spool/hylafax/etc/pagesizes ]; then - /usr/bin/ucf "$newfile" /etc/hylafax/pagesizes < /dev/tty + /usr/bin/ucf "$newfile" /etc/hylafax/pagesizes cp -p /etc/hylafax/pagesizes /var/spool/hylafax/etc/pagesizes else - /usr/bin/ucf /var/spool/hylafax/etc/pagesizes /etc/hylafax/pagesizes < /dev/tty + /usr/bin/ucf /var/spool/hylafax/etc/pagesizes /etc/hylafax/pagesizes fi else - /usr/bin/ucf "$newfile" /etc/hylafax/pagesizes < /dev/tty + /usr/bin/ucf "$newfile" /etc/hylafax/pagesizes fi rm -f "$newfile"
