HI, I'm Ccing Manoj as he contributed the SELinux support in dpkg. Hopefully he'll be able to help on this bug.
On Sat, 05 Apr 2008, Russell Coker wrote: > Here is with a correct file_contexts file: > # dpkg -i passwd_1%3a4.1.1-1_i386.deb > (Reading database ... > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `squid-common' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > 35596 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace passwd 1:4.1.1-1 (using passwd_1%3a4.1.1-1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd ... > Setting up passwd (1:4.1.1-1) ... > > Now I edit /etc/selinux/refpolicy-targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts and > change the line for /usr/bin/passwd and repeat the operation: Can you tell us what precise change you did ? So that we can reproduce it on our own machines if possible. > # dpkg -i passwd_1%3a4.1.1-1_i386.deb > (Reading database ... > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `squid-common' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > 35596 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace passwd 1:4.1.1-1 (using passwd_1%3a4.1.1-1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd ... > file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:zpasswd_exec_t:s0 > Error setting security context for next file object:: Invalid argument > Segmentation fault > > The same bug also causes a libc trap, the below is an example. Not 100% sure it's the same bug, the double free happens while working on squid-common and you appear to have lost /var/lib/dpkg/info/squid-common.list as shown by this message: > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `squid-common' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/
