[Slackbuilds-users] bug in id3-0.78 (slackware 13.0)

[Heinz Wiesinger]

On Friday 26 March 2010 15:34:14 Nikos Skalkotos wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I think I found a bug in the script of the package. I'm using
> slackware-current but I don't see how this matters in this case.
> 
> When I try to run id3.SlackBuild it stops in line 61 (the second "find"):
> 
> ( cd $PKG
>   find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
>     xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
>   find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
>     xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
> )
> 
> The problem Is that the package does not create any libraries, so in
> the above line the strip command fails and creates an error.
> 
> I think you should either completely remove the line from the script
> or at least add a "|| true" in the end to let the script continue
> after this.
> Also, I don't really see any reason to have "|| true" in the previous
> line. An executable should always be present in the package.

Known issue, see http://slackbuilds.org/faq/#bash4

And, fwiw, I see no reason why a package should always have an executable. 
What's with python packages, or library-only packages?

Grs,
Heinz
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