olpc-netstatus "substring expression < 0" error

[dsd]

Joyride 1520, reproduced on 2 B4s. Also reproduced on update1-674 on a MP system.

1. Login as olpc on virtual terminal
2. run "sudo su -"
3. run "olpc-netstatus"

Final lines of output:

Telepathy: salut
Jabber:

/usr/bin/olpc-netstatus: line 118: $((${#i}-59)): substring expression < 0

[dsd]

I should also note that this is a regression, it does not happen in ship 2.2

[dsd]

olpc-netstatus fix

[dsd]

It's due to the new wireless driver which doesn't provide a nickname, displayed on the same line in iwconfig.

[yani]

The code of olpc-netstatus had a couple of lines that were prone to such crashes. A new version is just available to solve this bug, and is stable against future changes of the driver.

dsd, thanx for the patch, but the dependence on output relative position should be changed entirely as well.

i attach the new version

[chihyu]

Is the patch going to be included in future joyride builds? Joyride 1537 still has the same issue.

[chihyu]

Update.1 (684) also has the same issue.

Replying to chihyu:

Is the patch going to be included in future joyride builds? Joyride 1537 still has the same issue.

[bernie]

Fixed in olpc-utils-0.67-1.

[chihyu]

The same issue still appears in build Update.1 (687). I assume this has not been included in the build?

Replying to bernie:

Fixed in olpc-utils-0.67-1.

[jg]

Approved...

[dgilmore]

please test build 690

[dsd]

seems fine in 691