bug#5817: "false" core util
Hey guys, I've found a serious error in the program "false": If I pipe some text to it (e.g. echo "i lost the game" | false), it does not fail but rather returns a success. Any suggestions? I need this program very much for completing my thesis on Pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. It would very kind of you if you'd inform me when the error has been fixed. (Remark: I am using Ubuntu 9.10.) Best regards, Hajo Pei
bug#5817: "false" core util
On 4/1/2010 7:49 AM, phoenix wrote: > Hey guys, > I've found a serious error in the program "false": If I pipe some text to it > (e.g. echo "i lost the game" | false), it does not fail but rather returns a > success. Any suggestions? I need this program very much for completing my > thesis on Pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. > It would very kind of you if you'd inform me when the error has been fixed. > (Remark: I am using Ubuntu 9.10.) > Best regards, > Hajo Pei You must be checking it wrong because on Ubuntu 9.10 here it correctly returns an exit status of 1 for failure.
bug#5817: "false" core util
On 04/01/2010 10:06 AM, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 4/1/2010 7:49 AM, phoenix wrote: >> Hey guys, >> I've found a serious error in the program "false": If I pipe some text to it >> (e.g. echo "i lost the game" | false), it does not fail but rather returns a >> success. Any suggestions? What shell are you using? Typically, false is also a shell builtin, so maybe your particular shell has a bug. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com+1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
bug#5804: sort --human
Jim Meyering wrote 1206 bytes: > ;-) > Perhaps he meant that it works as documented: > > `-h' > `--human-numeric-sort' > `--sort=human-numeric' >Sort numerically, as per the `--numeric-sort' option below, and in >addition handle IEC or SI suffixes like MiB, MB etc (*note Block >size::). Note a mixture of IEC and SI suffixes is not supported >and will be flagged as an error. Also the numbers must be >abbreviated uniformly. I.E. values with different precisions like >6000K and 5M will be sorted incorrectly. I see, I wasn't aware of the "Note". In that case, it is suitably described as "this will sort whatever the other coreutils give you when you use -h". Michal Svoboda
bug#5820: user switching
Hi, I have a copy of suse sles9 with the images provided from novell for training. When I am logged in as a user and in Konsole, I can not su to root, it asks for a password and will not take any input from the keyboard. When I went to the help files it said to write to you for issues, so I am writing to you. I will also be contacting Novell and see if there is an answer on their side. This little problem makes it impossible for me to complete on of the exercises for my lab in school. Thank you, Craig Leach
