any ETA on a fixed xterm-207?

any ETA on a fixed xterm-207?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  i realize i've mentioned this at least a couple times before (on the
angstrom list) but is there any ETA on fixing the unbuildable
xterm-207 package so that i can bitbake beagleboard-demo-image?

  the problem with xterm_207 appears to be obvious.  the install
script contained therein -- sinstall.sh -- contains the following
snippet:

=====

        case ".$cf_mode" in #(vi
        .???s??s*) #(vi
                PROG_SUID=4000
                PROG_SGID=2000
                ;;
        .???s*) #(vi
                PROG_SUID=4000
                PROG_GRP=
                ;;
        .??????s*)
                PROG_SGID=2000
                PROG_USR=
                ;;
        esac
        PROG_MODE=`echo ".$cf_mode" | sed -e 's/^..//' -e 's/rw./7/g' -e 's/r-./5/g' -e 's/--[sxt]/1/g'`

=====

  it seems clear that the point of that snippet is to convert a
symbolic mode to a numeric mode.  unfortunately, these days, the
symbolic mode has a trailing period, whereupon the resulting numeric
mode *also* has a trailing period, at which point the subsequent
"chmod" command tries to use a mode of "755." and chokes.

  as a quick hack, i snuck in the line:

  PROG_MODE=${PROG_MODE%\.}

right after that last line to knock off the trailing period and that
fixed things and allowed xterm to build.  a cleaner solution would be
to perhaps whack off that period at the top.  either way would work.

rday
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Re: any ETA on a fixed xterm-207?

[Philip Balister]

On 11/08/2009 11:58 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>    i realize i've mentioned this at least a couple times before (on the
> angstrom list) but is there any ETA on fixing the unbuildable
> xterm-207 package so that i can bitbake beagleboard-demo-image?

I can reproduce the problem, but I cannot implement a fix and test until 
Tuesday AM at the earliest.

Philip

>
>    the problem with xterm_207 appears to be obvious.  the install
> script contained therein -- sinstall.sh -- contains the following
> snippet:
>
> =====
>
>          case ".$cf_mode" in #(vi
>          .???s??s*) #(vi
>                  PROG_SUID=4000
>                  PROG_SGID=2000
>                  ;;
>          .???s*) #(vi
>                  PROG_SUID=4000
>                  PROG_GRP=
>                  ;;
>          .??????s*)
>                  PROG_SGID=2000
>                  PROG_USR=
>                  ;;
>          esac
>          PROG_MODE=`echo ".$cf_mode" | sed -e 's/^..//' -e 's/rw./7/g' -e 's/r-./5/g' -e 's/--[sxt]/1/g'`
>
> =====
>
>    it seems clear that the point of that snippet is to convert a
> symbolic mode to a numeric mode.  unfortunately, these days, the
> symbolic mode has a trailing period, whereupon the resulting numeric
> mode *also* has a trailing period, at which point the subsequent
> "chmod" command tries to use a mode of "755." and chokes.
>
>    as a quick hack, i snuck in the line:
>
>    PROG_MODE=${PROG_MODE%\.}
>
> right after that last line to knock off the trailing period and that
> fixed things and allowed xterm to build.  a cleaner solution would be
> to perhaps whack off that period at the top.  either way would work.
>
> rday
> --
>
> ========================================================================
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>
>              Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry.
>
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Re: any ETA on a fixed xterm-207?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Philip Balister wrote:

> On 11/08/2009 11:58 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >    i realize i've mentioned this at least a couple times before
> > (on the angstrom list) but is there any ETA on fixing the
> > unbuildable xterm-207 package so that i can bitbake
> > beagleboard-demo-image?
>
> I can reproduce the problem, but I cannot implement a fix and test until
> Tuesday AM at the earliest.

  ok, fair enough, thanks.

rday
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Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

            Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry.

Web page:                                          http://crashcourse.ca
Twitter:                                       http://twitter.com/rpjday
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