Package: apt Version: 0.6.46.2 Severity: minor
I have seen this with a significant number of packages, so I am guessing that this is a general problem with apt. I have /tmp mounted noexec, and get errors along the lines of the following: Preconfiguring packages ... Can't exec "/tmp/console-common.config.83251": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8/IPC/Open3.pm line 168. open2: exec of /tmp/console-common.config.83251 configure 0.7.64 failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 58 console-common failed to preconfigure, with exit status 9 from a number of different packages. They seem to install though, so I put this at a "minor" priority. while I'm mounting /tmp noexec out of paranoia, it is a requirement in some environments I have worked on, and it would be better if Debian could handle such a configuration cleanly. Luke Schierer -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; Acquire ""; Acquire::http ""; Acquire::http::Proxy "false"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 Binary-1 (20060810)]/ etch main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-amd64-generic Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2006.01.18 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-13 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]