Bug#401716: sasl2-bin: non-existent THREADS env variable not handled gracefully

[Fabian Fagerholm]

tags 401716 + confirmed pending
thanks

Hi John,

Thanks for your report! It was well written, and included all the
necessary information. It is exactly what we want -- upgrade testing
from the sarge version! :)

On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 15:49 +0100, John Bäckstrand wrote:
> While upgrading sasl2-bin, /etc/init.d/saslauthd started failing at
> starting the executable. The reason is that the THREADS variable, 
> that can be specified in /etc/defaults/saslauthd, is required. If you,
> like me, keep youre old configuration files while upgrading the 
> saslauthd-initscript should really handle when this variable is not
> specified. I cant imagine that it is a required configuration 
> option, and if so the initscript should set a sensible default?

You're absolutely right. The option is not required, and has a
compiled-in default, which is reflected in the default value suggested
in the new defaults file. So the init script should handle the case
where THREADS is unset.

A fix has been committed and will be included in the next version, due
in no more than 48 hours.

Thanks,
-- 
Fabian Fagerholm <fabbe at paniq.net>
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