Package: perl-modules Version: 5.10.0-22 Severity: normal windlord:~rra/home/tmp> dpkg-source -x *.dsc dpkg-source: warning: extracting unsigned source package (libafs-perl_2.6.1-1.ds c) dpkg-source: extracting libafs-perl in libafs-perl-2.6.1 dpkg-source: info: unpacking libafs-perl_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz Error in tempdir() using /afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/r/r/rra/home/tmp/libafs-perl _2.6.1.orig.tar.gz.tmp-extract.XXXXX: Parent directory (/afs/ir.stanford.edu/use rs/r/r/rra/home/tmp) is not writable at /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Source/Archive.pm line 111 windlord:~rra/home/tmp> pwd /afs/ir.stanford.edu/users/r/r/rra/home/tmp windlord:~rra/home/tmp> echo foo > bar windlord:~rra/home/tmp> cat bar foo
It looks like Dpkg::Source::Archive just calls tempfile directly. I suspect the code is using something like the -w file test, which is Broken As Designed unless you put "use filetest 'access'" at the top of the module. perldoc filetest has more details. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages perl-modules depends on: ii perl 5.10.0-22 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction perl-modules recommends no packages. perl-modules suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org