Re: /bin/tempfile missing in debianutils 5.0.1-1
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 02:57:57PM +0200, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote:
> Thanks Greg
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992385
>
> It is xorg-common still using tempfile.
>
> So... if you need X your choices are downgrade debian-utils or wait until a
> new version of xorg-common is available.
You could also edit the /etc/X11/Xsession file yourself (knowing that
your changes will be "lost" when the package is updated, which in this
case should be acceptable, maybe even desirable).
Or... as a super dirty hack that may *not* work for all cases, you
might try making /usr/local/bin/tempfile a symlink to /bin/mktemp.
Make a note to yourself to remove the symlink later when the dust
settles, or if you run across someone who used tempfile(1) with options
that don't match those of mktemp(1).
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