On Ubuntu 18.04 with noexec on /tmp running 'apt-get install -y selinux' and then doing a required reboot will give you a non-booting host.
As an aside, the same security guidance (CIS Benchmarks for one) about noexec on /tmp should be applied to /var/tmp, so changing APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir to "/var/tmp"; isn't really an option here in the long run. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to debconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90085 Title: When /tmp is mounted noexec, preconfigure fails Status in debconf package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in debconf package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: mysql-server /tmp mounted noexec, this ensues: Preconfiguring packages ... Can't exec "/tmp/mysql-server-5.0.config.89611": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8/IPC/Open3.pm line 168. open2: exec of /tmp/mysql-server-5.0.config.89611 configure failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 57 mysql-server-5.0 failed to preconfigure, with exit status 2 ace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/90085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
