tags 448464 + wontfix thanks On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:36:58AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: dhcp3-client > Version: 3.0.6.dfsg-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > could you change the path of new_resolv_conf and use a temporary directory > instead. It seems more logic to create a temporary file inside a temporary > directory. > > It can be helpfull in embedded system or live system when you mount /etc > read-only ;)
So if we create the new resolv.conf in /tmp, the last thing that make_resolv_conf() does is move it to /etc, so there's two problems with your proposal: 1) the mv will no longer be atomic 2) if /etc is read-only, the mv is going to fail regards Andrew
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