Package: patchutils Version: 0.2.30-1 Severity: minor Trying to use debdiff on a system with a small root partition can fail, because interdiff -z does not respect the TMPDIR environment setting:
$ TMPDIR=/var/tmp debdiff gcc-3.4_3.4.3-12{,.1}.dsc interdiff: writing temp file: No space left on device debdiff: fatal error at line 365: interdiff -z /home/devel/release/gcc-3.4_3.4.3-12.diff.gz /home/devel/release/gcc-3.4_3.4.3-12.1.diff.gz failed! $ It would be helpful if it did respect this standard variable. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages patchutils depends on: ii debianutils 2.13.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl 5.8.4-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]