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Bug#992385: x11-common: use of deprecated tempfile breaks login



Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 debianutils 5.0-1
Control: retitle -2 debianutils: removes interface from essential package without proper transition
Control: severity -1 important
Control: retitle -1 xorg-common: please remove use of deprecated tempfile

On 2021-08-18 13:34:43 +0900, Marc Dequènes wrote:
> Package: x11-common
> Version: 1:7.7+22
> Severity: grave
> 
> 
> Quack,
> 
> Since debianutils has dropped the deprecated `tempfile` in 5.0-1
> /etc/X11/Xsession fails around the WRITE_TEST and this breaks graphical
> login completely. Commenting this section allowed me to log in. There is
> another call line 85 that needs to be changed too.

That's not how changes in essential packages are performed. Please
coordinate a proper transition with all users of tempfile before
removing it. Once that is finished in release $x, tempfile can be
removed in release $x+1. Given the current state, that's not before we
start development of trixie.

Cheers

> 
> Regards.
> \_o<
> 
> -- 
> Marc Dequènes

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher

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