[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#276419: Is the famous "su appends the positional args to the command line" bug still here?

[Christian Perrier]

This bug is tagged "fixed-upstream".

That means that it should no more be here in 4.0.12. Is that right?

The problem here becomes: such change has to go upstream. I can't
imagine we diverge from upstream on that matter...so we first need to
decide whether the bug is still here or not.

The first example given by Helmut in the bug report works as Helmut
expects...but it also works with 4.0.3-39...:-)

The 'su -- - "$LOGNAME" -x' example does not work with either 4.0.3 or
4.0.12.

So, it the bug still here (it seems to be)?

If it isn't anymore, just close the bug...:-)

If it is, then try convincing Tomasz he should adopt the patch(es) proposed

Then build the transition plan with Debian maintainers....


Now time for an aspirin to give some rest to my old brain....