Subject: bug#603 closed by Mark Hindley <[email-masked]> (Fixed in Debian #992385)

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:52:02 +0000

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#603: /bin/tempfile removed that is needed by many scripts

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Subject: Fixed in Debian #992385
From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:50:58 +0000

Version: 1:7.7+23

Subject: /bin/tempfile removed that is needed by many scripts
From: Klaus Ethgen <[email-masked]>
To: Devuan Bug Tracking System <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:49:32 +0200

Package: debianutils
Version: 5.0.1-1
Severity: critical

Many scripts uses tempfile to get a temporary file. Version 5.0.1-1
removed it so many parts of the system fail including init scripts,
xsessions and many more.

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)
Release:	4
Codename:	n/a
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 5.13.4 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages debianutils depends on:
ii  libc6  2.31-15

debianutils recommends no packages.

debianutils suggests no packages.

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