Bug 588322 - fuser'ing a non-existent file yields two error messages
Summary: fuser'ing a non-existent file yields two error messages
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: psmisc
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
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Assignee: Daniel Novotny
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-03 13:34 UTC by Tim Landscheidt
Modified: 2010-05-18 12:21 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-05-18 12:21:56 UTC
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proposed patch (683 bytes, patch)
2010-05-05 11:46 UTC, Daniel Novotny
no flags Details | Diff

Description Tim Landscheidt 2010-05-03 13:34:40 UTC
Description of problem:

When "fuser $NOTEXIST", fuser prints out two identical messages saying that it couldn't stat the file. This is at least confusing and should either be condensed to one message or the messages should be expanded (see below).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

psmisc-22.6-9.fc11.i586


How reproducible:

Always.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. "fuser doesnotex.ist"

  
Actual results:

| [tim@passepartout ~]$ fuser doesnotex.ist
| Cannot stat doesnotex.ist: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
| Cannot stat doesnotex.ist: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
| [tim@passepartout ~]$


Expected results:

Either one message or a more detailed explanation (see below).


Additional info:

The first line stems from fuser.c:333 (parse_*file* ()), the second from fuser.c:352 (parse_*unixsockets* ()). I'd assume that they should be exclusive to each other in some way.

Comment 1 Daniel Novotny 2010-05-05 11:46:52 UTC
Created attachment 411555 [details]
proposed patch

a patch: when the first stat fails, we will not do the other one

Comment 2 Tim Landscheidt 2010-05-05 21:29:50 UTC
The patch works for me, thanks; still, the "relationship" between parse_file () and parse_unixsockets () seems very clumsy though.

Comment 3 Daniel Novotny 2010-05-18 12:21:56 UTC
fixed in rawhide: psmisc-22.6-14.fc14


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