Bug#4641: Bug#4628: dpkg-dev bugs that are not bugs -- please close!
Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Bugs 4641 and 5807 request that dpkg removes pre-existing .tmp-nest
> files, rather than erroring out. I disagree, and I think the dpkg
> developers would agree. Removing a directory w/o asking would be a
> big bug, and a possible security problem.
I agree the solution these bugs give is wrong, but I think there is an
underlying bug in dpkg-dev. The bug is that it creates the .tmp-nest
directories, and if it's interrupted at the right time, it will leave them
lying around. It should clean up the directories before exiting.
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see shy jo
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