etc-update asks for user input, how to proceed. if i (accidentally) press DELETE, or any non-letter button, it dies. for example DELETE generates on my terminal '^[[3~' # etc-update Scanning Configuration files... The following is the list of files which need updating, each configuration file is followed by a list of possible replacement files. 1) /etc/init.d/syslog-ng /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_syslog-ng Please select a file to edit by entering the corresponding number. (-1 to exit) (-3 to auto merge all remaining files) (-5 to auto-merge AND not use 'mv -i'): ^[[3~ /usr/sbin/etc-update: line 123: read: : syntax error: operand expected (error token is "") Exiting: User termination! perhaps it's just bash bug, but cannot reproduce it outside etc-update # bash b.sh # hit DEL and ENTER ^[[3~ 0 0000000 033 [ 3 ~ 5b1b 7e33 0000004 # cat b.sh #!/bin/sh read input;echo $?;echo -n $input|od -cx Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run etc-update 2. input \033 (escape button) 3. input ENTER
*** Bug 61719 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
the problem was that input was declared as an integer, so every time the user would enter a non-integer value, it would crash. fixed in rev 3140.
*** Bug 122716 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Released in 2.1_pre9.
