Bug 66511

Summary:	rpm ignores immutable attribute
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	John Reiser <jreiser>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Description John Reiser 2002-06-11 16:34:47 UTC

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Description of problem:
rpm ignores the immutable attribute of files in an ext2 filesystem,
which causes the transaction to fail.  Instead, rpm should check
the immutable attribute during transaction setup.  There should
be a command-line option to override [and replace] the attribute,
or to query the user interactively.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. /usr/bin/chattr +i foo   # any file that will be replaced
2. rpm -Uvh foo.rpm
3.
	

Actual Results:  No checking in advance; rpm attempts the transaction.
Abort with EPERM; transaction failed.

Expected Results:  rpm should detect the problem during transaction setup,
and either temporarily set -i, then install, then set +i;
or give a message, then query the user.

Additional info:  Usually encountered during install or upgrade,
such as bug #64671, where the symptoms look like a problem in anaconda.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2002-06-12 15:20:47 UTC

Yup, rpm pays no attention to immutable,
and furthermore doesn't understand RO file systems.