Bug 425873

Summary:	busybox cut command suppresses redirected output
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Neil Horman <nhorman>
Component:	busybox	Assignee:	Ivana Varekova <varekova>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	8	CC:	hugh
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	busybox-1.6.1-4.fc8	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2008-02-28 08:51:24 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	423011
Bug Blocks:	399731

Description Neil Horman 2007-12-17 01:10:48 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #423011 +++

Description of problem:
a cut command that works when output goes to the console but produces no output
otherwise

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
busybox-1.2.2-8.fc7

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
see attached log
  
Actual results:
cut produces an empty file

Expected results:
cut produces a file with "1"

Additional info:
This seems to be why kdump is currently broken, at least for me.  See
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=399731

-- Additional comment from hugh on 2007-12-13 04:34 EST --
Created an attachment (id=287111)
demonstration / exploration of busybox's cut behaviour


-- Additional comment from varekova on 2007-12-13 11:06 EST --
This problem is fixed in busybox-1.2.2-9.fc7 which will be in test branch soon.

-- Additional comment from hugh on 2007-12-14 12:37 EST --
I think that means it will appear in
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/7/x86_64/
It's not there yet.
The busybox site lists 1.8.2 as the latest stable version. 1.2.2 dates back to
October 2006.

F8 uses 1.6.1 (2007 June) as a base.  It does not have this bug nor does it have
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=423781 .  Would it be good to rebase
to 1.6.1?

-- Additional comment from updates on 2007-12-15 12:50 EST --
busybox-1.2.2-9.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository.  If
problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update busybox'

-- Additional comment from hugh on 2007-12-15 23:04 EST --
This version seems to fix the cut bug.  kdump now works.  Thanks.

Comment 1 D. Hugh Redelmeier 2007-12-17 02:21:43 UTC

I tested busybox 1.6.1 on a live F8 i386 CD.  It seemed to work.  So I suspect
that the bug is in x86_64.  Of course I could have slipped up somehow.

Is this a fix that needs to be pushed upstream?

Comment 2 Ivana Varekova 2007-12-17 09:47:47 UTC

Fixed in  busybox-1.6.1-3.fc8.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2007-12-20 20:16:34 UTC

busybox-1.6.1-3.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update busybox'