+++ 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.
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?
Fixed in busybox-1.6.1-3.fc8.
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'