[Bug 1886300] Re: rename.ul refuses to rename links that don't resolve (regression)

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

Hi Seyeong,

Thanks for the debdiffs! 
They look good in general but need a few fixes:

1) groovy-proposed has util-linux 2.35.2-9ubuntu1 (debdiff used groovy-
updates / 2.35.2-7ubuntu3)

2) the DEP3 headers should be before a triple-dash "---" line per [1].
   I'd suggest moving it to before/after the git format-patch headers.

3) Could you please report a bug to Debian and add the Bug-Debian DEP3 header?
   Debian sid/unstable is still on 2.35.2-8 (fix landed in v2.36-rc2).
   No need to wait on them, but just have the bug reported there too.

Did you build this on Launchpad PPAs? 
Sometimes there are differences to local build environments that lead
to "interesting" issues to debug when it builds on PPAs. :-)

[1] https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep3/
"A line containing 3 dashes (---) should stop the parsing: lines after it are not relevant part of the meta-information."

Thanks,
Mauricio

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Title:
  rename.ul refuses to rename links that don't resolve (regression)

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in util-linux source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in util-linux source package in Groovy:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  rename.ul refuses to rename links that don't resolve.

  bionic rename.ul renames links whether or not they resolve (util-linux
  2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.6).

  focal rename.ul refuses to rename links that don't resolve
  (regression) (util-linux 2.34-0.1ubuntu9).

  Eoan is EOL, so removed.

  
  [Test case]

  Commit has good test case. I paste it here

  Before:

    $ touch file-found
    $ ln -s file-found symlink-1
    $ ./rename sym symbolic- symlink-1	# XPASS.
    $ echo $?
    0

    $ ln -s file-not-found symlink-2
    $ ./rename sym symbolic- symlink-2	# FAIL! REGRESSION.
    rename: symlink-2: not accessible: No such file or directory
    $ echo $?
    1

    $ ./rename sym symbolic- symlink-3	# XFAIL.
    rename: symlink-3: not accessible: No such file or directory
    $ echo $?
    1

    $ touch file-found
    $ ./rename found existing file-found	# XPASS.
    $ echo $?
    0

    $ ./rename found existing file-not-found # XFAIL.
    rename: file-not-found: not accessible: No such file or directory
    $ echo $?
    1

  After:

    $ touch file-found
    $ ln -s file-found symlink-1
    $ ./rename sym symbolic- symlink-1	# XPASS.
    $ echo $?
    0

    $ ln -s file-not-found symlink-2
    $ ./rename sym symbolic- symlink-2	# PASS! REGRESSION FIXED.
    $ echo $?
    0

    $ ./rename sym symbolic- symlink-3	# XFAIL.
    rename: symlink-3: not accessible: No such file or directory
    $ echo $?
    1

    $ touch file-found
    $ ./rename found existing file-found	# XPASS.
    $ echo $?
    0

    $ ./rename found existing file-not-found # XFAIL.
    rename: file-not-found: not accessible: No such file or directory
    $ echo $?
    1

  
  [Regression Potential]
  This commit changes code that checking accessibility to file or sym link. 
  If this fails, rename command will not work properly.it could be crashed or causes failure of rename. 

  
  [Original Description]

  rename.ul refuses to rename links that don't resolve.

  bionic rename.ul renames links whether or not they resolve (util-linux
  2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.6).

  focal rename.ul refuses to rename links that don't resolve
  (regression) (util-linux 2.34-0.1ubuntu9).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: util-linux 2.34-0.1ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Sat Jul  4 20:38:06 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-05 (90 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200331)
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: util-linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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