Debian Bug report logs - #492954
aptitude: weird message about gpmctl in syslog

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: aptitude: weird message about gpmctl in syslog

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:04:11 +0900

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.8-1
Severity: minor


After starting aptitude in a "screen" terminal, I get the following
wacky messages in /var/log/syslog:


   Jul 30 15:56:46 catnip aptitude: *** info 
   Jul 30 15:56:46 catnip aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
   Jul 30 15:56:46 catnip aptitude: *** info 
   Jul 30 15:56:46 catnip aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
   Jul 30 15:56:46 catnip aptitude: *** err 
   Jul 30 15:56:46 catnip aptitude: Oh, oh, it's an error! possibly I die! 


It doesn't die, though, and indeed I probably wouldn't have noticed if I
hadn't chanced to log at syslog about then...

Thanks,

-Miles


-- Package-specific info:
aptitude 0.4.11.8 compiled at Jul  4 2008 17:26:43
Compiler: g++ 4.3.1
Compiled against:
  apt version 4.6.0
  NCurses version 5.6
  libsigc++ version: 2.0.18
  Ept support enabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 5.6.20080713
  cwidget version: 0.5.12
  Apt version: 4.6.0
	linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff6c9fe000)
	libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 (0x00007f1d64424000)
	libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f1d641d9000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f1d63fd4000)
	libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00007f1d63d01000)
	libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0x00007f1d63a88000)
	libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x00007f1d63700000)
	libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007f1d634e9000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f1d632cd000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f1d62fc1000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f1d62d3e000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f1d62b27000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f1d627d3000)
	libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f1d625d0000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f1d623cc000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f1d646e4000)
Terminal: screen
$DISPLAY not set.
`which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:

aptitude linkage:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 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 aptitude depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.7.14+b1         Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  libc6                  2.7-12            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcwidget3            0.5.12-1          high-level terminal interface libr
ii  libept0                0.5.22            High-level library for managing De
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.1-8         GCC support library
ii  libncursesw5           5.6+20080713-1    shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0c2a     2.0.18-2          type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.1-8           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libxapian15            1.0.5-1           Search engine library
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
pn  aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none>     (no description available)
pn  libparse-debianchangelog-perl <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn  debtags                       <none>     (no description available)
ii  tasksel                       2.75       Tool for selecting tasks for insta

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 492954@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>

To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>, 492954@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#492954: aptitude: weird message about gpmctl in syslog

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:18:57 -0700

  I'll put this one in the pile.

  Daniel

Message #27 received at 492954-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

To: 492954-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#492954: fixed in gpm 1.20.4-3

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:32:06 +0000

Source: gpm
Source-Version: 1.20.4-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gpm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gpm_1.20.4-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.4-3.diff.gz
gpm_1.20.4-3.dsc
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.4-3.dsc
gpm_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
libgpm-dev_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/libgpm-dev_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
libgpm2_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/libgpm2_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
libgpmg1-dev_1.20.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/libgpmg1-dev_1.20.4-3_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 492954@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> (supplier of updated gpm package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:36:14 +0200
Source: gpm
Binary: gpm libgpm2 libgpm-dev libgpmg1-dev
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.20.4-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian GPM Team <pkg-gpm-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Description: 
 gpm        - General Purpose Mouse interface
 libgpm-dev - General Purpose Mouse - development files
 libgpm2    - General Purpose Mouse - shared library
 libgpmg1-dev - transitional dummy package which can be safely removed
Closes: 469933 479474 479824 480070 488053 490895 492954 493168 494924
Changes: 
 gpm (1.20.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Remove myself from Uploaders.
   * Group related patches:
     - debian/patches/030_daemon_quit: Rename to ...
     - debian/patches/020_daemon_quit_noverbose.patch: ... this.
   * Demote syslog message when the gpmctl node cannot be opened to debugging
     output, that's the case when gpm is not running. And change libgpm to not
     log into syslog debugging messages. (Closes: #469933, #479474, #479824)
     (Closes: #480070, #488053, #490895, #492954, #494924)
     Thanks to Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>.
     - debian/patches/015_libgpm_noverbose.patch: Replace with ...
     - debian/patches/021_libgpm_dev_gpmctl_debug_msg.patch: ... this.
     - debian/patches/022_libgpm_no_log_debug_msg.patch: New file.
   * Fix a segfault on startup produced by an off-by-one error when accessing
     the console information array due to a missmatch between some files
     using the kernel and others the gpm definition for the number of
     supported consoles. (Closes: #493168)
     Thanks to Nico Schottelius <nico-debian-pkg-gpm-devel@schottelius.org>
     and Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>.
     - debian/patches/031_max_consoles.patch: New file.
   * Update Catalan debconf translation.
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