tag 620679 pending thanks Hello,
Bug #620679 reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository. You can see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at: http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=888a5bb --- commit 888a5bbbd916d4a2f3a519c1c45519e8614d1782 Author: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Date: Sun Apr 3 15:27:21 2011 +0200 dpkg: don't ohshite if lutimes() fails with ENOSYS Glibc implements lutimes() on top of utimensat() which is only provided by Linux >= 2.6.22. With older kernels it returns ENOSYS. This regression was introduced by commit b3eb59cf43c286bb6c906c00ef1cdc0ec21f474d which implemented support for setting timestamps of symlinks. Reported-by: Michael Prokop <m...@debian.org> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index ec09b8c..0de22f7 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ dpkg (1.16.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Raphaël Hertzog ] * Fix regression affecting dpkg -R. Closes: #620636 + * Don't fail during unpack if the system doesn't support changing timestamps + of symlinks. Closes: #620679 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:06:32 +0200 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org