Package: pgi
Version: 0.9.6
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss
hi
I wanted to create an ISO image using pgi-build
I read some of the guide, gave a look at the options, and then said
'well lets try it and see what come out'
so I typed
TMPDIR=/media/tmp/ nice pgi-build -t /media/tmp/ -o /media/ --not-official
--include-nonfree --build-mirror=/debian/testing/ --debian-version=testing
were /media is (ACTUALLY: WAS) a big partition were I keep some nice data
(of which I had NO BACKUP!)
the disk spinned for a while and then pgi-build told me
rm: cannot remove directory `/media'
and stopped, and my nice partition was COMPLETELT WIPED OUT
after that , I inspected (with much more attention)
and found that in /etc/pgi/*/options there is
---
# boolean indicating whether to clean the temporary directories by default
: ${CLEAN:=1}
export CLEAN
---
and in /usr/bin/pgi-build there is
---
...
-o|--outdir) OUT="$2"; shift ;;
...
if [ $CLEAN -eq 1 ]; then
for DIR in $TDIR $OUT; do
if [ -d $DIR ]; then
$SU_CMD rm -rf $DIR
fi
done
fi
---
I think that it is completely crazy to ship a program that by defaults wipes
out the OUTOUT dir
I also think that it is not right, by default,
to wipe out the temporary dir
what if I had typed in
pgi-build -o ${HOME}
???
you MUST correct this bug immediatly!!!!!!
a.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux tonelli.sns.it 2.4.17 #1 SMP ven mar 15 17:35:24 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=it_IT, LC_CTYPE=it_IT
Versions of packages pgi depends on:
ii ash 0.3.8-36 NetBSD /bin/sh
ii bind9-host 1:9.2.0-6 Version of 'host' bundled with BIN
ii binutils 2.12.90.0.1-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii build-essential 6 Informational list of build-essent
ii busybox-source-0.60.0 0.60.0-6 BusyBox source code
ii curl 7.9.5-1 Get a file from an FTP, GOPHER, HT
ii debootstrap 0.1.17 Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii dialog 0.9a-20020309a-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii discover 1.1-4 hardware identification system
ii discover-data 1.2002.03.19 hardware lists for libdiscover1
ii dnsutils 1:9.2.0-6 Clients provided with BIND
ii dosfstools 2.8-1 Utilities to create and check MS-D
ii dpkg 1.9.20 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii etherconf 1.10 debconf interface to Ethernet conf
ii fdutils 5.3-7 Linux floppy utilities
ii file 3.37-3.1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gawk 1:3.1.0-3 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
ii gtk-engines-raleigh 0.12-4 GTK+ 2.0-like theme for GTK+
ii less 374-1 A file pager program, similar to m
ii libc6-pic 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: PIC archive library
ii libc6-pic [glibc-pic] 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: PIC archive library
ii libdigest-md5-perl 2.13-2 MD5 Message Digest for Perl
ii lynx 2.8.4.1b-3 Text-mode WWW Browser
ii makedev 2.3.1-58 Creates device files in /dev.
ii mdetect 0.5.1 mouse device autodetection tool
ii mkisofs 4:1.10-2.4 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
ii modutils 2.4.15-1 Linux module utilities.
ii mtools 3.9.8-7 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
ii net-tools 1.60-4 The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii netcat 1.10-21 TCP/IP swiss army knife
ii netkit-ping 0.10-9 The ping utility from netkit
ii nvi 1.79-20 4.4BSD re-implementation of vi.
ii parted 1.4.24-3 The GNU Parted disk partition resi
ii patch 2.5.4-10 Apply a diff file to an original
ii pciutils 1:2.1.9-4 Linux PCI Utilities (for 2.[1234].
ii procps 1:2.0.7-8 The /proc file system utilities.
ii psmisc 20.2-2.1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii python-glade 0.6.8-17 Put a bit of python code behind in
ii python-gnome 1.4.1-17 PyGNOME -- Python bindings for GNO
ii python-parted 0.10-1 Python bindings for GNU Parted
ii python2.1 2.1.2-3 An interactive object-oriented scr
ii rcs 5.7-13 The GNU Revision Control System
ii read-edid 1.4.1-1 hardware information-gathering too
ii rxvt 1:2.6.4-5 VT102 terminal emulator for the X
ii strace 4.4-1.2 A system call tracer.
ii syslinux 1.66-1 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS
ii traceroute 1.4a12-9 Traces the route taken by packets
ii udhcpc 0.9.6-3 very small DHCP client
ii wget 1.8.1-5 retrieves files from the web
ii xbase-clients 4.1.0-14 miscellaneous X clients
ii xfonts-100dpi 4.1.0-14 100 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-base 4.1.0-14 standard fonts for X
ii xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-14 the XFree86 X server
ii xterm 4.1.0-14 X terminal emulator
--
Andrea Mennucc
"E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)
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