[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#535434: ia32-apt-get freezes system when aptitude update is run when 'None' mode is selected

[Edward Guldemond]

Package: ia32-apt-get
Version: 20
Severity: grave
Tags: patch
Justification: renders package unusable


ia32-apt-get freezes the system by exhausting all entries in the
process table when aptitude update is run when ALLOWED is set to none.
It does this because the wrapper does not append .real to the called
name when calling the real aptitude, causing the wrapper to call
itself over and over again until there is no more room in the process
table.

Attached is a patch that fixes this.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers transitional
  APT policy: (500, 'transitional'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ia32-apt-get depends on:
ii  debconf                       1.5.26     Debian configuration management sy
ii  ia32-libs-tools               20         Tools for converting i386 debs for

ia32-apt-get recommends no packages.

ia32-apt-get suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
* ia32-apt-get/allowed-packages: None
  ia32-apt-get/undo-old-sources-list:
-------------- next part --------------
--- /usr/bin/aptitude	2009-07-01 11:12:14.000000000 -0400
+++ /tmp/aptitude	2009-07-02 00:22:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 # Wrap nothing if not allowed
 if [ "$ALLOWED" = "None" ]; then
-  "$0" "$@"
+  "$0".real "$@"
   exit $?
 fi