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| From | Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Bug#1108270: linux: uname -r contains regex control character '+' |
| Date | 2025-06-24 18:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <L1f0l-cRca-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <L1cc9-cPq1-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <L1cc9-cPq1-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Control: tags -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 02:45:38PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > Since version 6.12.33-1 uname -r contains the regex control character > '+'. This means any existing script passing the output of $(uname -r) > to anything that can interpret it as a regex will start to fail. It also contains the control character '.', multiple times. > I can fix my autopkgtest scripts that started failing due to this, but > it seems to me it might affect more scripts out there, so filing a bug > so that there's something indexed and searchable. Sure, still closing as wontfix, as we have no other characters left. Bastian -- Only a fool fights in a burning house. -- Kank the Klingon, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
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Bug#1108270: linux: uname -r contains regex control character '+' Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2025-06-24 15:50 +0200 Bug#1108270: linux: uname -r contains regex control character '+' Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2025-06-24 18:50 +0200 Processed: Re: Bug#1108270: linux: uname -r contains regex control character '+' "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-06-24 18:50 +0200
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