[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#633802: dkms leaves empty temp file in /tmp

[Scott Moser]

Package: dkms
Version: 2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

dkms leaves a tmp file in /tmp each time it is run.

$ ls -l /tmp/dkms*
ls: cannot access /tmp/dkms*: No such file or directory
$ /usr/sbin/dkms
$ echo $?
0
$ ls -l /tmp/dkms*
-rw------- 1 smoser smoser 0 2011-07-13 16:32 /tmp/dkms.gooAoqPK
$ dpkg-query --show dkms
dkms 2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1


This was introduced in the debian patch use-system-tmpdir.patch
The following patch will fix the issue:

--- debian/patches/use-system-tmpdir.patch	2010-06-04 13:53:23 +0000
+++ debian/patches/use-system-tmpdir.patch	2011-07-13 20:40:21 +0000
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 Description: Use system setting for tmpdir
 Author: Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com>
+Last-update: 2011-07-13
 --- dkms-2.1.1.2.orig/dkms
 +++ dkms-2.1.1.2/dkms
-@@ -3592,7 +3592,8 @@ current_kernel=`uname -r`
+@@ -3592,7 +3592,9 @@ current_kernel=`uname -r`
  dkms_tree="/var/lib/dkms"
  source_tree="/usr/src"
  install_tree="/lib/modules"
 -tmp_location="/tmp"
 +tmp_file=`mktemp --tmpdir dkms.XXXXXXXX`
 +tmp_location=`dirname $tmp_file`
++rm -f "$tmp_file"
  verbose=""
  dkms_frameworkconf="/etc/dkms/framework.conf"
  

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers oneiric-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'oneiric-updates'), (500, 'oneiric-security'), (500, 'oneiric')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0-2-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential         11.5ubuntu1      Informational list of build-essent
ii  coreutils               8.5-1ubuntu6     GNU core utilities
ii  dpkg-dev                1.16.0.3ubuntu3  Debian package development tools
ii  gcc                     4:4.6.0-5ubuntu1 The GNU C compiler
ii  make                    3.81-8.1ubuntu1  An utility for Directing compilati
ii  module-init-tools       3.16-1ubuntu1    tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  patch                   2.6.1-2          Apply a diff file to an original

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                1.16-1           tool for simulating superuser priv
ii  linux-headers-2.6.39-3  2.6.39-3.10      Header files related to Linux kern
ii  linux-headers-2.6.39-3- 2.6.39-3.10      Linux kernel headers for version 2
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-5 [ 3.0.0-5.6        Header files related to Linux kern
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-5-g 3.0.0-5.6        Linux kernel headers for version 3
ii  linux-headers-generic   3.0.0.5.6        Generic Linux kernel headers
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-5-gen 3.0.0-5.6        Linux kernel image for version 3.0
ii  menu                    2.1.45ubuntu1    generates programs menu for all me
ii  sudo                    1.7.4p6-1ubuntu1 Provide limited super user privile

dkms suggests no packages.

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