From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <gnats-prs-admin@gnu.org>
Received: (qmail 18906 invoked from network); 26 May 2002 13:21:40 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO fencepost.gnu.org) (199.232.76.164)
  by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 26 May 2002 13:21:40 -0000
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org)
	by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian))
	id 17BxxN-0001lt-00; Sun, 26 May 2002 09:21:09 -0400
Received: from gnats by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian))
	id 17Bxuo-0001hR-00; Sun, 26 May 2002 09:18:30 -0400
From: Lars.Henriksen@netman.dk
To: pdm-gnats@zamazal.org,gnats-prs@gnu.org,bug-gnats@gnu.org
Reply-To: Lars.Henriksen@netman.dk
Subject: gnats/384: mkdb should fail for a remote database
Message-Id: <E17Bxuo-0001hR-00@fencepost.gnu.org>
Sender: gnats-prs-admin@gnu.org
Errors-To: gnats-prs-admin@gnu.org
X-BeenThere: gnats-prs@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9
Precedence: bulk
List-Help: <mailto:gnats-prs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:gnats-prs@gnu.org>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnats-prs>,
	<mailto:gnats-prs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
List-Id: Copies of bug tracking system messages <gnats-prs.gnu.org>
List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/gnats-prs/>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 06:21:00 -0000
X-SW-Source: 2002-q2/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2

>Number:         384
>Category:       gnats
>Synopsis:       mkdb should fail for a remote database
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 26 09:18:30 -0400 2002
>Originator:     Lars Henriksen
>Release:        4.0-beta1
>Organization:

>Environment:

>Description:
The databases file may describe local as well as remote databases.
The mkdb command should only work for local databases.
At present the last field of the database entry is used unconditionally.
Minimal fix attached.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Index: mkdb.sh
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/gnats/gnats/gnats/mkdb.sh,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 mkdb.sh
--- mkdb.sh     2 Dec 2001 14:39:09 -0000       1.7
+++ mkdb.sh     26 May 2002 12:56:21 -0000
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
     exit 1;
 fi
 
-dbdir=`grep "^${database}:" $DATABASES | sed 's/^.*:\([^:]*\)$/\1/'`
+dbdir=`grep "^${database}:" $DATABASES | sed -n 's/^'${database}':[^:]*:\([^:]*\)$/\1/p'`
 if [ -z "${dbdir}" ]
 then
-  echo "$prog: No proper entry for \`${database}' in \`$DATABASES'."
+  echo "$prog: No proper entry for \`${database}' in \`$DATABASES':\n"`grep "^${database}:" $DATABASES`
   exit 1
 fi
>Unformatted:
 

_______________________________________________
Gnats-prs mailing list
Gnats-prs@gnu.org
http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnats-prs