-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.8 Severity: wishlist
Obviously I was in a bad directory when I tried to purge some packages. I got tons of messages : Removing php5-curl ... Purging configuration files for php5-curl ... sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory Removing php5-gd ... Purging configuration files for php5-gd ... sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory Removing php5-mysql ... Purging configuration files for php5-mysql ... sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory : I doubt that php5 is to blame here. Wouldn't it be more wise if dpkg switches the current working directory to some safe place before running the maintainer scripts, e.g. / or ~root? Regards Harri -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBHiWkACgkQUTlbRTxpHjfZ+QCfWwGmm5U/VYoDYL4b+yS3Ha2m dKMAn124ycgttoFjkBAL3x8enWmf0wRM =k9Po -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org