package mysql-server-5.0 won't install when /tmp mounted 'noexec'
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mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.67-0ubuntu6) failed to install/upgrade when /tmp mounted 'noexec'
My /tmp directory is mounted noexec & nosuid as countermeasure against common php exploits.
Install for this package attempts to create and execute perl scripts under /tmp, but the OS does not allow.
Install fails and hangs:
Can't exec "/tmp/mysql-
open2: exec of /tmp/mysql-
mysql-server-5.0 failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255
mysql-server seems to be one of a very small number of packages in ubuntu that attempt to run scripts out of tmp.
I suggest solving by catching error that script is not executable, and prompt user for an alternate folder.
My workaround is to remount /tmp without noexec, install, then mount the old way.
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
I can confirm this problem in Intrepid (mysql 5.0.67-0ubuntu6) as well as in Jaunty (5.1.30really5. 0.75-0ubuntu8) .