My workaround uses a dedicated directory for apt that is noexec as well but becomes temporally during installs:
/etc/fstab: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=1777,size=512M 0 0 tmpfs /var/tmp/apt tmpfs defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=1777,size=512M 0 0 /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/71tmpapt (or whatever): DPkg { Pre-Invoke { "mount /var/tmp/apt -o remount,exec" }; Post-Invoke { "mount /var/tmp/apt -o remount,noexec" }; }; APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir "/var/tmp/apt"; Since the mount point must(?) exist for any mount point specified in /etc/fstab I put the apt dir into /var/tmp because its contents are persistent (unlike /tmp's). It's not very throughly tested yet... ymmv. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90085 Title: When /tmp is mounted noexec, preconfigure fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/90085/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs