[Bug 1815607] [NEW] lorder reports errors; for example, from mktemp

[Mark Rudolph]

Public bug reported:

If you run the lorder script from package bsdmainutils (version
11.1.2ubuntu1) on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS it reports several errors:

$ lorder a.o b.o
mktemp: too few X's in template ‘_reference_’
mktemp: too few X's in template ‘_symbol_’
a.o a.o
b.o b.o
sed: couldn't open file : No such file or directory
expr: Invalid character class name
/usr/bin/lorder: 80: [: -ne: unexpected operator
sort: option requires an argument -- 'o'
Try 'sort --help' for more information.
sort: option requires an argument -- 'o'
Try 'sort --help' for more information.
join: missing operand after '2.1'
Try 'join --help' for more information.

It seems the new script invokes mktemp with an invalid template.

I expected the program not to generate errors; they did not occur on
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (package version 9.0.5ubuntu1).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: bsdmainutils 11.1.2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-45.48-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 12 13:30:19 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-03 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bsdmainutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic bsdmainutils lorder mktemp

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Title:
  lorder reports errors; for example, from mktemp

Status in bsdmainutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If you run the lorder script from package bsdmainutils (version
  11.1.2ubuntu1) on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS it reports several errors:

  $ lorder a.o b.o
  mktemp: too few X's in template ‘_reference_’
  mktemp: too few X's in template ‘_symbol_’
  a.o a.o
  b.o b.o
  sed: couldn't open file : No such file or directory
  expr: Invalid character class name
  /usr/bin/lorder: 80: [: -ne: unexpected operator
  sort: option requires an argument -- 'o'
  Try 'sort --help' for more information.
  sort: option requires an argument -- 'o'
  Try 'sort --help' for more information.
  join: missing operand after '2.1'
  Try 'join --help' for more information.

  It seems the new script invokes mktemp with an invalid template.

  I expected the program not to generate errors; they did not occur on
  Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (package version 9.0.5ubuntu1).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: bsdmainutils 11.1.2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-45.48-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Feb 12 13:30:19 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-03 (39 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: bsdmainutils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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