Bug#1028128: debconf: Please support /var/cache/debconf/tmp.ci being a tmpfs

[Niels Thykier]

Colin Watson:

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What do you think about this patch?  [...]

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diff --git a/dpkg-preconfigure b/dpkg-preconfigure
index e0db5b19..c1f24441 100755
--- a/dpkg-preconfigure
+++ b/dpkg-preconfigure
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ if (! $have_tty && $frontend->need_tty) {
  }

my $tempdir='/var/cache/debconf/tmp.ci';

-remove_tree($tempdir, { safe => 1 });
+remove_tree($tempdir, { safe => 1, keep_root => 1 });
  make_path($tempdir);

# Use the external package scanner for speed. It takes a list of debs

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ $frontend->shutdown;
  # Save state.
  Debconf::Db->save;

-remove_tree($tempdir, { safe => 1 });

+remove_tree($tempdir, { safe => 1, keep_root => 1 });

=head1 AUTHOR

Looks good to me. :)

Thanks for considering
~Niels