Bug 44929 – etc-update syntax error when selecting option 1 on /usr/kde/3.2/share/config/klipperrc

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-03-17 01:57:42 UTC]

AND on /usr/kde/3.2/share/config/mountwatcher.desktop

This is what I do:

Please select from the menu above (-1 to ignore this update): 1
/usr/sbin/etc-update: line 253: read: 1: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "1")
Exiting: User termination!

All other files work fine.

Those files have just been updated from kde 3.2.0 to 3.2.1.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-03-17 01:58:29 UTC]

Created attachment 27510 [details]
mountwatcher.desktop

[Comment 2 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-03-17 01:58:55 UTC]

Created attachment 27511 [details]
._cfg0000_mountwatcher.desktop

[Comment 3 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-03-17 02:06:58 UTC]

Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-ppc-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.3
-benh1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.3-benh1 ppc 740/750
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13p1
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=750"
CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"

[Comment 4 Sorin CONSTANTINESCU 2004-03-17 23:14:56 UTC]

i found a quick fix. Is seems like etc-update puts some chars after it prints the differences. Try multiple BACKSPACES or CTRL+U, then select 1. It worked for me.

[Comment 5 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-04-09 19:35:39 UTC]

Got it to work. The problem has probably disappeared.