munin-node: Patch 290-postfix_spooldir gives unwanted output to STDOUT

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:43:48 +0200
Rune Nordb��e Skillingstad <rune at skillingstad.no> wrote:

> Package: munin-node
> Version: 1.2.6-4ubuntu1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> The patch that introduces postconf leads to error messages and wrong
> syntax in the plugin.
> 
> Example:
> 
>   # munin-node-configure --shell
>   # There were some errors:
>   # Got junk from postfix_mailqueue: /usr/sbin/postconf
> 
> The patch uses "which postconf" to check for executable, but as this
> command writes to STDOUT, this is also a part of every run of the
> plugin.
> 
> Example: 
>   # telnet localhost 4949
>   Trying 127.0.0.1...
>   Connected to localhost.
>   Escape character is '^]'.
>   # munin node at localhost
>   fetch postfix_mailqueue
>   /usr/sbin/postconf
>   deferred.value 0
>   active.value 0
>   maildrop.value 0
>   incoming.value 0
>   corrupt.value 0
>   hold.value 0
>   .
> 
> munin-update ignores this, so data is still fetched and graphs are
> updated.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers intrepid-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'intrepid-updates'), (500, 'intrepid-security'), (500, 'intrepid-proposed'), (500, 'intrepid-backports'), (500, 'intrepid'), (500, 'hardy')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to POSIX)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages munin-node depends on:
> ii  adduser            3.108ubuntu1          add and remove users and groups
> ii  gawk               1:3.1.6.dfsg-0ubuntu1 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
> ii  libnet-server-perl 0.97-1ubuntu1         An extensible, general perl server
> ii  lsb-base           3.2-14ubuntu2         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
> ii  perl               5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
> ii  procps             1:3.2.7-9ubuntu1      /proc file system utilities
> 
> Versions of packages munin-node recommends:
> ii  libnet-snmp-perl              5.2.0-1    Script SNMP connections
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 

Can you file this on launchpad? I know the system sent it to the users
mailing list, but it never gets worked if it stays here. 

The right place to file bug reports is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

Thanks.

- -- 
Charlie Kravetz 
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