From c68ad09827694f87746bc3f1e47a77f73219069b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Henry Lewenberg <adamhl@stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:49:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update NEWS file a bit
---
NEWS | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b6d8690..0b0c2c8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
release/004.061 (2016-04-21)
[os] Add some parameters to the base::os::debian class to make apt use
- a directory other than /tmp for its cache. This is to get around
- setting /tmp to noexec. Note that the default is to continue using
- /tmp as apt's cache directory, so upgrading to this version is
- safe. (adamhl)
+ a directory other than /tmp for its cache.
+
+ Reason: The apt utility when installing or uninstalling a package puts
+ its temporary files, including scripts it needs to execute, in
+ /tmp. If the /tmp partition is set to noexec (as recommended by
+ security advisors), then one cannot run any executable out of the /tmp
+ directory. The result is that the package install will not finish
+ properly. The new parameters in the base::os::debian class tell apt to
+ use /var/cache/apt/tmp as its temporary cache directory getting around
+ the /tmp noexec problem.
+
+ Note that the default is to continue using /tmp as apt's cache
+ directory, so upgrading to this version is safe. (adamhl)
release/004.060 (2016-04-04)
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