[arch-general] [core/filesystem 2010.10-1 -> 2010.12-1] breaks makepkg and firefox

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Martín Cigorraga escribió:
> Thanks for your quick answer.
>
> @cantabile, @Dave
> Since I didn't upgraded core/filesystem package I have no issues with
> makepkg and FF.
>
> In fact I already installed Dropbox by downloading the PKGBUILD
> and the rest of the files and running makepkg as usual and even up-
> dated aur/calibre-bzr and bleachbit-svn with yaourt without problems.
>
> The problem here is the core/filesystem package that somehow mess
> my system rendering FF and makepkg unusable - either way makepkg is
> invoked, via CLI or thru a pacman wrapper like yaourt).
>
> Regarding the 'missing' package I was talking about core/filesystem.
> When I said I didn't find the package in www.archlinux.org/packages
> I was talking about core/filesystem which I tried to find with the
> x86_64 filter - my bad, I apologize for that.
> The package of course is located here:
> http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/filesystem/
>
> My desire when mailing to the list was to know if anyone else were expe-
> rimenting the same issue as I.
> Just a crazy though: can this be a permissions issue?

Works for me.
What are your /tmp permissions after installing the filesystem package?
That's where the <<< used in lines 268 and 272 will be creating a
temporary file with random name.
It's odd that it would be returning an errno=0 instead of EPERM, though.

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