Bug#838877: Installing packages writes to unexpected locations

2016-09-29 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 16:58:55 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:23:56PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > On Sun, 2016-09-25 at 16:46:56 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > > When installing packages which *only* have files in /usr, I generally > > > try to leave /

Bug#838877: Installing packages writes to unexpected locations

2016-09-26 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:23:56PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > On Sun, 2016-09-25 at 16:46:56 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > Package: dpkg > > Version: 1.17.27 > > > When installing packages which *only* have files in /usr, I generally > > try to leave /

Bug#838877: Installing packages writes to unexpected locations

2016-09-26 Thread Guillem Jover
Control: tags -1 moreinfo On Sun, 2016-09-25 at 16:46:56 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.27 > When installing packages which *only* have files in /usr, I generally > try to leave / read-only. With the recent release of `dpkg` though this > has become problematic.

Bug#838877: Installing packages writes to unexpected locations

2016-09-25 Thread Elliott Mitchell
Package: dpkg Version: 1.17.27 When installing packages which *only* have files in /usr, I generally try to leave / read-only. With the recent release of `dpkg` though this has become problematic. >From the error message, during unpacking `dpkg` is trying to create a file/directory as