You have been subscribed to a public bug: Ubuntu version of dmidecode breaks several scripts because it prints diagnostics messages to stdout instead of stderr.
E.g.: sudo /bin/ksh93 # /usr/sbin/dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer 2>/dev/null Supermicro Invalid entry length (16). Fixed up to 11. The original version (https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/dmidecode.git) however, works as expected: # /tmp/dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer 2>/dev/null Supermicro $ /usr/bin/lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial ** Affects: dmidecode (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: dmidecode -- dmidecode should print diagnostic messages to stderr https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688162 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dmidecode in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
