[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#633802: dkms leaves empty temp file in /tmp
Scott Moser
smoser at ubuntu.com
Wed Jul 13 20:44:49 UTC 2011
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.
-- no debconf information
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