Package: coreutils Version: 5.2.1-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream Please add an --atomic option, which would make install create a temporary file in destination directory, copy the data into it, chmod/chown it as appropriate and then rename() to destination name.
This obviously should not be the default, since the destination directory is not guaranteed to be writable. Current behavior may cause problems when other program tries to open the file while it is being installed. It does for me, I use install to update a blacklist from a cronjob, and exim sometimes tries to open the file before it is chmod-ed, causing deferrals. regards, Marcin -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7 Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.29-1.0.1 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an coreutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
