Bug#549011: dpkg: Uses PATH rm (so might use safe-rm, which can be broken by broken perl), should use /bin/rm

2009-09-30 Thread Didier Raboud
Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.4 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I had safe-rm installed and perl broke (#548848). dpkg went unuseable because it was using /usr/bin/rm from safe-rm, broken because of broken perl. So either safe-rm should be taken out of

Bug#549011: dpkg: Uses PATH rm (so might use safe-rm, which can be broken by broken perl), should use /bin/rm

2009-09-30 Thread Raphael Hertzog
reassign 549011 safe-rm retitle 549011 safe-rm provides a conflicting and less reliable rm command severity 549011 normal thanks On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Didier Raboud wrote: I had safe-rm installed and perl broke (#548848). dpkg went unuseable because it was using /usr/bin/rm from safe-rm, broken

Bug#549011: dpkg: Uses PATH rm (so might use safe-rm, which can be broken by broken perl), should use /bin/rm

2009-09-30 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mercredi 30 septembre 2009 15:06:15 Guillem Jover, vous avez écrit : One of the features of PATH is to allow the admin to override the system binaries. You had safe-rm installed and shot yourself in the foot when it broke, the same could have happened with coreutils (less probable though,

Bug#549011: dpkg: Uses PATH rm (so might use safe-rm, which can be broken by broken perl), should use /bin/rm

2009-09-30 Thread Guillem Jover
reassign 549011 safe-rm thanks Hi! On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 12:09:04 +0200, Didier Raboud wrote: Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.4 Severity: wishlist I had safe-rm installed and perl broke (#548848). dpkg went unuseable because it was using /usr/bin/rm from safe-rm, broken because of broken perl.