Bug#995793: exim4-base: /tmp partition has noexec mount option; exim4-base fails

Wed Oct 6 13:08:13 BST 2021

On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 03:49:58PM -0400, S Egbert wrote:
> Can't exec "/tmp/tzdata.config.jtoGAt": Permission denied at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base/IPC/Open3.pm line 178.

This is most obviously not a script that comes from the exim4 package.
Consider talking to the tzdata maintainers instead.

> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old tzdata package post-removal script (/var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postrm): Permission denied
> [1mdpkg:[0m [1;33mwarning:[0m old tzdata package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2
> [1mdpkg:[0m trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new tzdata package post-removal script (/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm): Permission denied
> [1mdpkg:[0m error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2021a-1+deb11u1_all.deb (--unpack):
>  new tzdata package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2

This looks like dpkg is trying to execute maintainer scripts. It
obviously does that inside /var/lib/dpkg/info. This is nothing that
exim4 can do anything about. Consider talking to the dpkg maintainers
instead.

> 7[25;0f[42m[30mProgress: [ 10%][49m[39m [#####.....................................................] 8dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new exim4-config package pre-installation script (/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst): Permission denied
> [1mdpkg:[0m error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/exim4-config_4.94.2-7_all.deb (--unpack):
>  new exim4-config package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

Same thing here.

I intend to close this bug report by the end of this week unless
somebody has convinced me that there is anything that the exim4
package can do about.

Greetings
Marc

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