Bug 148892 – net-misc/hylafax removes $TMPDIR

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jimmy.Jazz 2006-09-24 02:56:14 UTC]

Hello,

i didn't investigate too far, but /usr/sbin/faxsetup traps interrupt signals and erases $TMPDIR. Also TMPDIR is used by the system and some applications to define where to write temporary files i.e in /var/tmp or /tmp.

In my case, TMPDIR is set up to /var/tmp on my disk. AFAIK, /tmp i generally locked in memory and could not be removed when the system is running. So it seems not to happen when TMPDIR is /tmp.

If you interrupt faxsetup by sending a signal 15 or ctrl-c, faxsetup traps the signal and removes $TMPDIR directory.

Please, could you check this behavior and confirm the problem. It could lead to a system crash.

Thx, 

Jj

[Comment 1 Jimmy.Jazz 2006-09-24 12:34:36 UTC]

Was tested with the package net-misc/hylafax-4.3.0 but certainly could append with older version.

[Comment 2 Steve Arnold 2006-09-25 15:43:42 UTC]

This is really an upstream bug, and since there's a Hylafax bugzilla, I'd encourage you to submit this bug to the upstream developers.  For now, you can set TMPDIR to a safe value near the top of the script.

[Comment 3 Jimmy.Jazz 2006-09-29 01:54:18 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> This is really an upstream bug, and since there's a Hylafax bugzilla, I'd
> encourage you to submit this bug to the upstream developers.  For now, you can
> set TMPDIR to a safe value near the top of the script.
> 

Send :)

Jj

[Comment 4 Steve Arnold 2006-10-01 00:28:18 UTC]

I already posted a bug and they fixed it in their repo.  Sorry I didn't say anything...

[Comment 5 Jimmy.Jazz 2006-10-01 03:56:14 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> I already posted a bug and they fixed it in their repo.  Sorry I didn't say
> anything...
> 

Nevermind, i take too much time to replay as well. The most inportant thing is they fixed the problem :)

thx,

Jj