Bug#686918: pu: package dpkg/1.15.8.13

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

Control: tags -1 + squeeze confirmed

On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 08:52 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Here's the proposed update fixing an RC bug affecting dpkg in squeeze,
> cherry picked from sid. The attached patch is the filterdiff (w/o
> translation updates) of «git diff 1.15.8.12..». The git commit log
> for that fix is:
[...]
>     dpkg: Do not translate SE Linux context to human readable form
> 
>     Cherry picked from commit 7db83375c952383540631244ace9cfefdfc908a7.
> 
>     The SE Linux context in computer readable form get translated to human
>     readable form if the mcstransd daemon is running. But if the daemon
>     fails inbetween then dpkg might try to write wrong data to disk. To
>     avoid the flakines implied in relying on the state of that daemon,
>     just never translate the context.

Assuming that the resulting package has been tested on a squeeze system,
please go ahead; thanks.

Regards,

Adam