Re: "dpkg --info" produces errors if /tmp NFS mounted
George Bonser wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Brian May wrote:
>
>> 3) Why does the kernel put its temp file in dpkg's temp
>> directory and not, say, /tmp?? I suspect this may be the real issue here.
>> What do other Unixes do?
>
>Is dpkg perchance setting an environment variable that might be causing
>NFS to use the same temp space?
I didn't set any environment variables when I manually recreated the
error, other then the default for root.
Maybe I will try setting TEMP=/tmp, but I doubt this would help, as the
problem seems to be in the kernel. I suspect the kernel puts the temp
file in the same directory as the "open" and "deleted" file (ie the fact
this case involves /tmp is a coincidence), probably to ensure that it
remains in the same partition (is this required?). I have not idea how
this problem should be addressed...
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
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