Bitesize Task

[Brian Murray]

On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 10:17:37AM +0200, Maarten Bezemer wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 May 2012 08:47:37 Brian Murray wrote:
> > I just cleaned up some texinfo package installation failure bug reports
> > due to syntax errors in /etc/environment.  However, I didn't get all of
> > them because DpkgTerminalLog is sometimes included in the bug's
> > description.  For an example see http://launchpad.net/bugs/778504 which
> > has:
> > 
> > /etc/environment: line 2: CLASSPATH: command not found
> > 
> > This is something the reporter will need to sort out.  It would be great
> > if somebody could review the rest of the textinfo apport-package bug
> > reports for these errors.  If you want to narrow your search further, I
> > found that most reports had an exit status of 127 or 2.
> > 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texinfo
> 
> I am willing to take a look at the list, but it is unclear to me what exactly 
> needs to be done... (still learning!  )
> When a 'CLASSPATH: command not found' error is available in the report: I 
> should ask for additional information? If so, what information is missing in 
> such cases?

The example bug report shows how I handled the bug and how they should
be handled.  I indicated that the reporter need to fix line 2 of their
/etc/environment file and that the bug was Invalid.

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Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master