Package: firmware-b43-installer Version: 1:019-2 Severity: minor SSIA. The installation process first downloads a 13MB tarball into /tmp and then uncompresses the entirety into /tmp. 50MB may not be that much space on a desktop or server, but for smaller embedded devices that could completely exhaust their memory.
The following patch takes care of the worst of the issue: --- ./var/lib/dpkg/info/firmware-b43-installer.postinst.orig 2015-04-05 19:21:07.000000000 -0700 +++ ./var/lib/dpkg/info/firmware-b43-installer.postinst 2016-03-23 18:44:53.000000000 -0700 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rm -rf /lib/firmware/b43 fi fi -tar xvjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 +tar xvjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o cd broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta.o rm -rf $tmp Note this will need a bit of adjustment if #810161 is applied. -- (\___(\___(\______ --=> 8-) EHM <=-- ______/)___/)___/) \BS ( | ehem+sig...@m5p.com PGP 87145445 | ) / \_CS\ | _____ -O #include <stddisclaimer.h> O- _____ | / _/ 8A19\___\_|_/58D2 7E3D DDF4 7BA6 <-PGP-> 41D1 B375 37D0 8714\_|_/___/5445