init.d bug in clamav-milter 0.90.2-0ubuntu1

Leonel Nunez leonel at enelserver.com
Wed Aug 1 17:34:41 BST 2007


> I've got clamav-milter 0.90.2-0ubuntu1 installed.  There is a bug in the
> /etc/init.d/clamav-milter script around like 99:
>
> kill -9 -"$PID"
>
> The problem appears to be that the pid file
> (/var/run/clamav/clamav-milter.pid) also begins with a dash (eg -7943), so
> the kill line actually winds up trying to
>
> Kill -9 -"-7943", which fails.  Removing the excess dash from the init
> script fixes things.
>
> -
> Matt
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this is an  easy  patch

how this can be handled by MOTU   as any other security update  but saying
it's a bugfix only?

if it's the same to send the debdiff with the changes  to launchpad


Leonel





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