[dput-ng-maint] Bug#709831: dput-ng: dcut says: [Errno 2] No such file or directory, without an explanation

[Ludovic Brenta]

Arno Töll writes:
> Hi Ludovic,
>
> On 25.05.2013 22:40, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>> [TRACE] 1369514263.261604: (maybe_print_traceback)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dput/commands/dm.py", line 39, in generate_dak_commands_name
>> [TRACE] 1369514263.261674: (maybe_print_traceback)     the_file = "%s-%s.dak-commands" % (os.getlogin(), int(time.time()))
>
> could you please try again with the version in git or cherry-pick [1]
> to your installation? os.getlogin() requires a controlling terminal to
> obtain your log-in name, which is not available in some setups which
> may throw your error in that case.
>
> We fixed this a while back in f7418f6b [1] and I suspect this being
> your problem.

You are correct, now I realize that I was running dcut inside an emacs
shell window.  Running dcut in a plain xterm seems to have worked around
the problem.  I have not tried the latest version in git but I have
reviewed the commit you mentioned and I think it probably solves the
bug.

Still, I think this bug report should remain open until a newer version
of dcut-ng reaches unstable.

Thanks for the spot-on diagnosis. 

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.