On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 15:18 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 07:55:40PM +0100, Bart Martens wrote:
> > Hi Debian-Release,
> 
> > Package io-stringy version 2.110-2 is in unstable.  The differences with
> > testing are:
> 
> >    * New maintainer.  Closes: #399676.
> >    * lib/IO/AtomicFile.pm: Check "close" exit code.  Closes: #409947.  
> > Patch by
> >      Eduardo Pérez Ureta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, thanks.  RC bug, 
> > urgency=medium.
> 
> In fact, this is not an RC bug because I downgraded it.

The fix was packaged before the severity was downgraded.

> 
> I don't see any real rationale in the bug report for this being a grave bug
> in the first place.  How is a call to close *failing*, that not checking its
> return value could be such a significant problem?

I agree that "grave" is a bit too severe.

Anyway, the added error checking seems OK to me, so this fix feels safe.
I accept any choice you make about whether or not to add this fix to
etch.

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