[Pkg-aide-maintainers] Bug#544414: /etc/cron.daily/aide: line 159: LOGHEAD: unbound variable

[Marc Haber]

tags #544414 confirmed pending
thanks

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 02:09:23PM +0200, xcomm wrote:
> Just getting this error messages from aide.cron on unstable servers since some days.
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/aide:
> /etc/cron.daily/aide: line 159: LOGHEAD: unbound variable
> run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/aide exited with return code 1
> 
> I'm not sure why this happens, as there is a test here?
> 
> vi +"159" /etc/cron.daily/aide
> 
> 159     if [ -n "$LOGHEAD" ]; then
> 160       printf "$LOGHEAD\n" | frame >> "$LOGFILE"
> 161       printf "\n" >> "$LOGFILE"
> 162     fi

If you test an unprotected unbound variable, the shell will barf as
well. ${LOGHEAD:-} would be correct, fixed in svn.

Greetings
Marc

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