Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 08:32:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Costello <chris@holly.dyndns.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/11303: whereis(1) doesn't properly handle names with '.' Message-ID: <199904241332.IAA10930@holly.dyndns.org>
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>Number: 11303
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: whereis(1) doesn't properly handle names with '.'
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 24 06:40:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Chris Costello
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
None
>Environment:
Not applicable.
>Description:
The whereis(1) command does not properly handle files with '.' in their
names, for example, rpc.statd.
>How-To-Repeat:
/usr/home/chris$ whereis rpc.statd
rpc:
>Fix:
Index: whereis.pl
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/whereis/whereis.pl,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 whereis.pl
--- whereis.pl 1998/10/04 10:33:37 1.6
+++ whereis.pl 1999/04/24 13:26:11
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@
$name =~ s|^.*/||; # strip leading path name component
$name =~ s/,v$//; $name =~ s/^s\.//; # RCS or SCCS suffix/prefix
$name =~ s/\.(Z|z|gz)$//; # compression suffix
- $name =~ s/\.[^.]+//; # any other suffix
$line = "";
$unusual = 0;
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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