On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Ben Low wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.10.4 > Severity: normal > > With /tmp NFS mounted, dpkg issues the following: > rm: cannot remove directory `/tmp/dpkghXB5Pb': Directory not empty > rm cleanup failed, code 256 > > By the time I get to examine said directory, it is empty and can be removed. > As discussed in > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=e5a9b35be9dfa0b4&rnum=1 > > (ca. 1999) this is more than likely an issue with dpkg presuming "local" fs > semantics - dpkg unlinking a file while it's still open, and not waiting > till the dir is actually empty before trying to rmdir it.
Er, this is standard unix behaviour, I'm afraid.
