[Pkg-uml-devel] Re: Bug#374582: [Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#374582: base-config is been invoked in rootstrap, although it doesn't exist anymore

[alex bodnaru]

hello,

if i would be asked, testing in so many places for a specific
distribution might hurt the flexibility.

on the contrary, the check should better be limited to the base-config
invokation: invoke if exists and it's executable, like you would check
for a non-null string before calling strlen on it.

thanks,

alex

Stefano Melchior wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 10:09:41AM +0200, Stefano Melchior wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
>>>>base-config has been removed from etch, hence it's invokation fails.
>>>>you may execute it on condition if exists, or just ignore it's failure 
>>>>like with || true.
>>>
>>>Uh, but the base-config module is not even included in the default
>>>configuration.
>>>I wouldn't even consider this a bug, at least until sarge (with
>>>base-config) disappears.
>>>
>>>I'm very tempted to close this bug, I don't really see any bug here.
>>>Surely this is not "grave" at all.
>>>Maybe just documenting this issue can help?
>>>
>>
>>Mattia,
>>does it affect badly to test if there is any base-config entry? I mean if
>>we add a check on presence of base-config line, it is possible to avoid
>>the rootstrap to use this feature on a etch system.
>>Does it make sense?
> 
> I meant something like the attached patch: do you think it is reasonable?
> I need to test it deeply.
> Cheers
> 
> SteX
>