Ubuntu
python-apt package

debExtractArchive changes the current working directory under my feet

Bug #184093 reported by Julian Edwards
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
python-apt (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Michael Vogt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: python-apt

After calling debExtractArchive(deb_file, tmpdir), my current directory is changed to "tmpdir".

Please leave my current directory alone. Bad apt_inst! No cookies!

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in python-apt:
assignee: nobody → mvo
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python-apt - 0.7.7.1ubuntu2

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python-apt (0.7.7.1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * python/cache.cc:
    - fix GetCandidateVer() reporting incorrect versions after
      SetCandidateVer() was used. Thanks to Julian Andres Klode for
      the test-case (LP: #237372)
  * python/apt_instmodule.cc:
    - do not change working dir in debExtractArchive() (LP: #184093)
  * apt/cache.py:
    - support "in" in apt.Cache() (LP: #251587)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:35:32 +0200

Changed in python-apt:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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