/usr/local/bin/pastebin lmde2

[orcus-de]

[edit2:
pastebin "not working/broken" on lmde(2)
I found the real problem: pastebin on lmde(2) was originally located in
/usr/local/bin/pastebin
Due to updates/cleanups it's now located in:
/usr/bin/pastebin
As - in my lmde(2) environment at least - /usr/local/bin is searched prior to /usr/bin; thus the old outdated/broken version in /usr/local/bin is found first and used.
Renaming/removing the outdated version at /usr/local/bin solves the problems - as the current version in /usr/bin works as expected.
Thus I've to correct my statement: the update-process should enshure that older versions (of every software) originally located in /usr/local/bin get removed in case the newer version moves to /usr/bin.
Which should by made a general rule - I guess,

thx - orcus

leaving the original - now completly irrelevant - post as history]

It looks like lmde(2) : /usr/local/bin/pastebin was (re)moved from mintsystem to xapps (where it does not seem to have been "arrived") + there is a problem with the installed version (which does not get updated due ?? to that (re)move-al )

I've made a local fix regarding the call + url - the original call is left as a comment above.

The problem hit's every lmde2 user comming to #linuxmint-help channel @spotchat as /usr/local/bin/pastebin is heavily used to pipe inxi -output to pastebin/gist-paste ...
fix see - below..

[edit: for some reason the formatting of the code is lost after pasting it here - which wil break the python code structure - which will in turn make the snippet not runable :-( - if somebody tries to fix his local lmde(2) pastebin DO NOT COPY THE WHOLE SCRIPT just copy the relevant line below the comment and watch your indents at your local copy... ]

`
#!/usr/bin/python2

import sys, os, stat, subprocess

content = ""

mode = os.fstat(0).st_mode
if stat.S_ISFIFO(mode):
content = sys.stdin.read()
elif stat.S_ISREG(mode):
content = sys.stdin.read()
else:
args = sys.argv[1:]
if len(args) == 1 and os.path.exists(args[0]):
with open(args[0], 'r') as infile:
content = infile.read()
else:
str_args = ' '.join(args)
content = str_args

if content != "":
#p = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/nc", "paste.linuxmint.com", "9999"], stdin = subprocess.PIPE)
p = subprocess.Popen(["/usr/bin/gist-paste"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
p.communicate(content)
`

[xenopeek]

/usr/local/bin/pastebin comes from mintsystem package and uses the now shut down Linux Mint paste site. /usr/bin/pastebin comes from xapps-common package and uses the new GitHub paste site.
Upstream mintsystem is already patched. An update needs to be pushed to LMDE 2. I've mentioned this to the developers.

[monsta]

Yes, it's fixed in mintsystem 8.3.2 (linuxmint/mintsystem@3c2696a).

The link to the code formatting guide is right below the field where you enter the comments.

https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/

[clefebvre]

Fixed in 8.1.7.1.