Bug#942051: debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict

2019-10-10 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:51:53PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > While checking the upgrade checklist I noticed this new requirement: > +--- > | 4.9 > |Required targets must not write outside of the unpacked source > |package tree, except for TMPDIR, /tmp and /var/tmp. > +--- > The

Bug#942051: debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict

2019-10-10 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:30:51PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 at 18:08:09 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:51:53PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > > There are > > > other paths that should be fine to be written to during the build > > >

Bug#942051: debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict

2019-10-10 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 at 17:51:53 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > +--- > | 4.9 > |Required targets must not write outside of the unpacked source > |package tree, except for TMPDIR, /tmp and /var/tmp. > +--- If you are interested in this sort of thing, is

Bug#942051: debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict

2019-10-09 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 at 18:08:09 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:51:53PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > There are > > other paths that should be fine to be written to during the build > > process, for example /dev/shm > > Do you have example of packages that does that

Bug#942051: debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict

2019-10-09 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:51:53PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.4.1.1 > Severity: minor > > While checking the upgrade checklist I noticed this new requirement: > > +--- > | 4.9 > |Required targets must not write outside of the unpacked source > |

Bug#942051: debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict

2019-10-09 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.4.1.1 Severity: minor While checking the upgrade checklist I noticed this new requirement: +--- | 4.9 |Required targets must not write outside of the unpacked source |package tree, except for TMPDIR, /tmp and /var/tmp. +--- The wording is a bit too