[Python-modules-team] Bug#661272: python-virtualenv: security fix leaves behind orphaned temporary directories

[Adam D. Barratt]

Package: python-virtualenv
Version: 1.6-1

[Let's make this a proper bug report]

On Tue, 2011-12-20 at 20:18 +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-12-20 at 09:44 +0100, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> > [Adam D. Barratt, 2011-12-19]
> > > Looking at the diff, and the equivalent code in the unstable package,
> > > there seems to be a missing component - namely, that the directory
> > > created via mkdtemp() is never cleaned up.  Am I missing something, or
> > > does fixing this issue result in orphaned temporary directories?
> > 
> > the old code didn't do it as well,
> 
> Well, trying to remove /tmp would be a silly idea. ;-)
> 
> > I can update the patch to remove it
> 
> That would be good, although in that case the change should be made in
> unstable first (and pushed upstream?).

Regards,

Adam