Debian bug report logs - #1685 dpkg-split --msdos not correct Package: libc ; Reported by: Erick Branderhorst ; 15 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `libc'. Request was from Ian Jackson to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Mon Oct 16 18:19:26 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t50gf-0006CNC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 18:19 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA15909 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 18:19:01 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t51il-0007uAC; Tue, 17 Oct 95 02:25 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t50gO-0002aWC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 17 Oct 95 02:19 BST Message-Id: Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 02:19 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Erick Branderhorst , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1685: dpkg-split --msdos not correct Erick Branderhorst writes ("Bug#1685: dpkg-split --msdos not correct"): > Command executed: > # dpkg-split -s emacs-19.29-4.deb --msdos > ~~~~~~~ This is an error, of course. Options have to precede non-option arguments, so what you're asking dpkg-split to do is to split into files starting `--msdos', eg `--msdos.1of3.deb' or whatever. However ... > Transcript: > Splitting package emacs into 11 parts: 1 mv: unrecognized \ > option `--msdos.1of11.deb' > Try `mv --help' for more information. ... dpkg-split should have been happy to do that. The problem is that there is a bug in the libc. I first noticed this bug when trying to use rsh - it would take the option arguments to the remote command and try to interpret them locally. `mv' is affected, too: -chiark:~> mv spong bar mv: spong: No such file or directory -chiark:~> mv spong --bar mv: unrecognized option `--bar' Try `mv --help' for more information. -chiark:~> This is a really stupid feature of the GNU implementation of getopt, which we should disable. I'm reassigning this bug to the libc package. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1685 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From fgg.eur.nl!branderhorst Mon Oct 16 01:28:52 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4kui-00063aC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 01:28 PDT Received: from mailgate.eur.nl by pixar.com with SMTP id AA20178 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:28:25 -0700 Received: from hp750.fgg.eur.nl by mailgate.eur.nl (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02501; Mon, 16 Oct 95 09:28:39 +0100 Message-Id: <9510160828.AA02501@mailgate.eur.nl> Received: by hp750.fgg.eur.nl (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA16516; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:32:45 +0100 From: Erick Branderhorst Subject: dpkg-split --msdos not correct To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Mon, 16 Oct 95 9:32:45 MET Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.5-0 Command executed: # dpkg-split -s emacs-19.29-4.deb --msdos ~~~~~~~ Transcript: Splitting package emacs into 11 parts: 1 mv: unrecognized \ option `--msdos.1of11.deb' Try `mv --help' for more information. Command executed: # dpkg-split --msdos -s emacs-19.29-4.deb ~~~~~~~ Transcript: Splitting package emacs into 11 parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 done -- Erick Branderhorst@heel.fgg.eur.nl 00++10-46351542 Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Erick Branderhorst : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1685 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov