[Build-common-hackers] Bug#570035: cdbs-edit-patch fails, because $USER is unset

[Jörg Sommer]

Package: cdbs
Version: 0.4.65
Severity: normal

Hi,

are you sure, USER is not a bash feature? In my zsh environment, I can't
find this variable. The same holds for dash:

% env -i PATH=$PATH dash -c 'echo $USER |wc -w'
0

Due to the unset variable the getent call prints the whole passwd and
this makes the following commands fail.

Bye, Jörg.

+ cut -f 7 -d:
+ getent passwd
+ SH=/bin/zsh-static
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sync
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/zsh-beta
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
/usr/sbin/nologin
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
+ [ /bin/zsh-static
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sync
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/zsh-beta
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
/usr/sbin/nologin
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false
/bin/false ]
+ /bin/zsh-static /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sync /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/zsh-beta /bin/false /bin/false /bin/false /bin/false /usr/sbin/nologin /bin/false /bin/false /bin/false /bin/false
/bin/sh:4: parse error near `)'
+ rm -rf /tmp/cdbs-new-patch.VPNCwO /tmp/cdbs-old-patch-header.qeJFHN

-- System Information:
Debian Release: unstable/experimental
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-rc7
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cdbs depends on:
ii  debhelper                     7.4.13     helper programs for debian/rules

Versions of packages cdbs recommends:
ii  autotools-dev                 20090611.1 Update infrastructure for config.{

Versions of packages cdbs suggests:
ii  devscripts                    2.10.61    scripts to make the life of a Debi
pn  doc-base                      <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information
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