[pkg-apparmor] Bug#1142783: broken $TMPDIR handling in postinst

Chris Hofstaedtler zeha at debian.org
Fri Jul 31 18:11:45 BST 2026


Control: reassign -1 pbuilder

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 08:25:48PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Please note that I don't set TMPDIR.

Earlier you wrote:

> Thiscan  happen in a pbuilder environment or for running debootstrap, for
> example.

When you run such an environment, you or the tools you run are 
responsible for setting that environment up correctly. It seems 
pbuilder should unset TMPDIR if it cannot guarantee it will be 
available in the target.

Working around this in each single package that uses TMPDIR is not 
a sustainable solution.

Chris



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