Bug#165882: dpkg: 'rm cleanup failed' with NFS mounted /tmp
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Ben Low wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.4
> Severity: normal
>
> With /tmp NFS mounted, dpkg issues the following:
> rm: cannot remove directory `/tmp/dpkghXB5Pb': Directory not empty
> rm cleanup failed, code 256
>
> By the time I get to examine said directory, it is empty and can be removed.
> As discussed in
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=e5a9b35be9dfa0b4&rnum=1
>
> (ca. 1999) this is more than likely an issue with dpkg presuming "local" fs
> semantics - dpkg unlinking a file while it's still open, and not waiting
> till the dir is actually empty before trying to rmdir it.
Er, this is standard unix behaviour, I'm afraid.
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