Bug#622094: Handle Exec format error executing bad maintainer script

2011-04-10 Thread Ben Armstrong
Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.8.10 Severity: normal Today, we were assisting a user on #debian at irc.oftc.net. He had installed a package from a third-party source that included a bad .postrm maintainer script. The script was executable, yet completely empty. The package was therefore not

Bug#622094: Handle Exec format error executing bad maintainer script

2011-04-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Ben Armstrong wrote: Today, we were assisting a user on #debian at irc.oftc.net. He had installed a package from a third-party source that included a bad .postrm maintainer script. The script was executable, yet completely empty. This seems suspicious. Perhaps the postrm file had been

Bug#622094: Handle Exec format error executing bad maintainer script

2011-04-10 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 04:06:56 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Ben Armstrong wrote: Please ensure dpkg can handle such broken maintainer scripts (either upon removal, or even better, upon installation so the problem is noticed and addressed earlier) as a user attempting to remove such a