Bug 286206

Summary:	no error message and no program either
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	bkorb
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.7
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description bkorb 2011-11-09 17:04:34 UTC

Version:           4.7 (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

$ kmixctrl
$ ps
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
12749 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
28073 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
$ kmixctrl
$ echo $?
0


I've filed this against "general" because there needs to be general testing
that *NO* kde utilities should silently exit with status 0 and yet fail to run.
Obviously, "kmixctrl" specifically has the problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Run all utilities in ways that they won't run.  Verify that they say something.

Actual Results:  
Deafening silence.

Expected Results:  
A message saying why they cannot continue

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2011-11-09 20:05:07 UTC

It doesn't fail, it is only a control utility.

pepo@duo:~> export TEST=x
pepo@duo:~> echo $?
0

Did "export" fail?

Comment 2 bkorb 2011-11-09 20:59:16 UTC

I don't know.  Type:  sh -c 'echo $TEST'
and see if 'x' gets printed out.
Likely, it _was_ successful.

Anyway, I know that it is a control utility.  I was trying to perform
some controls on my sound system since the sound went south.
> $ man kmixctl
> No manual entry for kmixctl
so it is non-interactive, has no man page and is silent and does nothing
without options.  I wanted to know if it could talk to the sound system.
I couldn't tell.

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-06 15:12:30 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 4 bkorb 2018-11-12 21:36:41 UTC

This is, basically, an RFE to enhance the testing. You'd need to update docs to specify that when a utility fails it does not exit with a status of 0. If that is now done, then kmixctrl must have been fixed. If that is not done with the release of new utilities, then kmixctrl may or may not have been fixed and you would not know.

So, this is a bug report against testing documentation.

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-21 04:50:34 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-09-28 21:13:52 UTC

> This is, basically, an RFE to enhance the testing
Thanks. Unfortunately this is not actionable as a bug report. We do as much testing as we can, and more is always appreciated. :) Personally I live on the git master version of all KDE software so that I can always be testing everything I use regularly.