Ubuntu
pdsh package

problem with wrapper script since updating

Bug #476382 reported by Andrew Elwell
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pdsh (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
pdsh (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pdsh

I have been using pdsh for several ubuntu releases, and had set in my environment PDSH_RCMD_TYPE=ssh
which worked fine.

post upgrade to 9.10 I get:

aelwell@pcitgdaelwell:~$ pdsh -l root -w lxbrf27[06-10] hostname
exec: 6: -a: not found

and unsetting PDSH_RCMD_TYPE I get a different error:
exec: 14: -a: not found

problem is caused by the wrapper script /usr/bin/pdsh using
#! /bin/sh (which is dash)
rather than
#! /bin/bash

editing the shebang line worked.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 6 12:28:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs fglrx
Package: pdsh 2.18-1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: pdsh
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Andrew Elwell (andrew-elwell) wrote :
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Andrew Elwell (andrew-elwell) wrote :

--- pdsh.orig 2009-11-06 13:20:37.807901550 +0100
+++ pdsh 2009-11-06 12:32:45.703919331 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#! /bin/bash

 # If PDSH_RCMD_TYPE is set don't check default
 if test $PDSH_RCMD_TYPE; then

olive (olivier.fraysse)
Changed in pdsh (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Andrew Elwell (andrew-elwell) wrote :

upgraded to Lucid (10.04) and this bug is fixed -
Q - What should happen to the status? how should it be updated?

aelwell@pcitgtelwell:~$ head `which pdsh`
#! /bin/bash

# If PDSH_RCMD_TYPE is set don't check default
if test $PDSH_RCMD_TYPE; then
  exec -a pdsh /usr/bin/pdsh.bin "$@"
fi

# If a default is set run with it.
if test -f /etc/pdsh/rcmd_default; then
  PDSH_RCMD_TYPE=`cat /etc/pdsh/rcmd_default`
aelwell@pcitgtelwell:~$ dpkg -l pdsh
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================-=================-==================================================
ii pdsh 2.18-5 Efficient rsh-like utility, for using hosts in par

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pdsh (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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