Package: coreutils Version: 6.10-6 Severity: normal Tags: patch The /proc/cpuinfo check in debian/rules doesn't really prevent abortion when /proc/cpuinfo is not accessible. See attached patch.
-- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.47-2 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries coreutils recommends no packages. coreutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
--- debian/rules~ 2008-12-26 16:05:09.000000000 +0000 +++ debian/rules 2008-12-26 17:07:35.671272756 +0000 @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ cd $(BUILD_TREE) && $(MAKE) ifeq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) - [ -r /proc/cpuinfo ] && cat /proc/cpuinfo + [ ! -r /proc/cpuinfo ] || cat /proc/cpuinfo cd $(BUILD_TREE) && $(MAKE) check VERBOSE=yes endif