I have a complaint/opinion/statement to express. It seems that every now and then when I run 'apt-get upgrade' i get a lot of errors about "Can't exec "/tmp/config.xxxxx": Permission denied at...". I like to keep my Debian boxen nice and secure, so I 'chmod +t /tmp' to prevent temp files from being executed. It seems to me that some package maintainers aren't aware of issues such as these and are assuming that anything can be done in temp.
Note these errors from a recent 'apt-get upgrade' Preconfiguring packages ... Can't exec "/tmp/config.39341": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. open2: exec of /tmp/config.39341 configure 1.64 failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44 base-config failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255 Can't exec "/tmp/config.39343": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. open2: exec of /tmp/config.39343 configure 2.2.3a-12 failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44 samba failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255 Can't exec "/tmp/config.39345": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.8.0/IPC/Open3.pm line 159. open2: exec of /tmp/config.39345 configure 2.2.3a-12 failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44 samba-common failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255 (Reading database ... 24169 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace base-passwd 3.5.3 (using .../base-passwd_3.5.4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement base-passwd ... Setting up base-passwd (3.5.4) ... -Jim P.
