Package: initscripts Version: 2.86.ds1-38 Severity: normal The postinst for initscripts attempts to create (and, later, remove) a directory in root:
===== $ grep '\.root' /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.* /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: mkdir -p /.root /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: if mount -n --bind / /.root ; then /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: if [ -L /.root/var ] && [ ! -d /.root/var ] ; then /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: mkdir -p /.root/var/run /.root/var/lock /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: umount /.root /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: rmdir /.root ===== This is rude -- don't create new top-level entries in the root directory unless warranted by the FHS -- and fails on systems (such as this one) where the root directory has 'setattr +i' for security. ===== Setting up initscripts (2.86.ds1-38) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/bootlogd ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh ... [...] Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/urandom ... Installing new version of config file /etc/default/tmpfs ... mkdir: cannot create directory `/.root': Permission denied dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: initscripts ===== Please create temporary directories somewhere that can be expected to be writable; the root directory is not the place for that. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (90, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_AU.UTF-8) Versions of packages initscripts depends on: ii debianut 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii e2fsprog 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 ext2 file system utilities and lib ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii mount 2.12r-19 Tools for mounting and manipulatin ii sysvinit 2.86.ds1-38 System-V-like utilities Versions of packages initscripts recommends: ii psmisc 22.3-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy -- no debconf information -- \ "I took it easy today. I just pretty much layed around in my | `\ underwear all day. ... Got kicked out of quite a few places, | _o__) though." -- Bug-Eyed Earl, _Red Meat_ | Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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