7 files changed, 43 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 7fbe4d604..efbf7aaf4 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1827,3 +1827,20 @@ std::vector<std::string> Glob(std::string const &pattern, int flags)
    return result;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+
+std::string GetTempDir()
+{
+   const char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
+
+#ifdef P_tmpdir
+   if (!tmpdir)
+      tmpdir = P_tmpdir;
+#endif
+
+   // check that tmpdir is set and exists
+   struct stat st;
+   if (!tmpdir || strlen(tmpdir) == 0 || stat(tmpdir, &st) != 0)
+      tmpdir = "/tmp";
+
+   return string(tmpdir);
+}
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index e9a9aab28..e752e9621 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ bool DirectoryExists(std::string const &Path) __attrib_const;
 bool CreateDirectory(std::string const &Parent, std::string const &Path);
 time_t GetModificationTime(std::string const &Path);
 
+std::string GetTempDir();
+
 /** \brief Ensure the existence of the given Path
  *
  *  \param Parent directory of the Path directory - a trailing
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
index f47e7ea48..f57a72d86 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include<apt-pkg/configuration.h>
 #include<apt-pkg/error.h>
@@ -21,16 +22,9 @@
 									/*}}}*/
 static char * GenerateTemporaryFileTemplate(const char *basename)	/*{{{*/
 {
-   const char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
-#ifdef P_tmpdir
-   if (!tmpdir)
-      tmpdir = P_tmpdir;
-#endif
-   if (!tmpdir)
-      tmpdir = "/tmp";
-
    std::string out;
-   strprintf(out,  "%s/%s.XXXXXX", tmpdir, basename);
+   std::string tmpdir = GetTempDir();
+   strprintf(out,  "%s/%s.XXXXXX", tmpdir.c_str(), basename);
    return strdup(out.c_str());
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index b9f839e82..14ce133cf 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <pty.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <apti18n.h>
 									/*}}}*/
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(char *line)
       errors look like this:
       'status: /var/cache/apt/archives/krecipes_0.8.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb : error : trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/krecipes/krectip.png', which is also in package krecipes-data 
       and conffile-prompt like this
-      'status: conffile-prompt: conffile : 'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedited
+      'status:/etc/compiz.conf/compiz.conf :  conffile-prompt: 'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedited
    */
    if (prefix == "status")
    {
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(char *line)
          WriteApportReport(list[1].c_str(), list[3].c_str());
          return;
       }
-      else if(action == "conffile")
+      else if(action == "conffile-prompt")
       {
          d->progress->ConffilePrompt(list[1], PackagesDone, PackagesTotal,
                                      list[3]);
@@ -1036,7 +1037,10 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::StartPtyMagic()
    if (tcgetattr(STDOUT_FILENO, &d->tt) == 0)
    {
        ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, (char *)&win);
-       if (openpty(&d->master, &d->slave, NULL, &d->tt, &win) < 0)
+       if (_config->FindB("Dpkg::Use-Pty", true) == false)
+       {
+           d->master = d->slave = -1;
+       } else if (openpty(&d->master, &d->slave, NULL, &d->tt, &win) < 0)
        {
            _error->Errno("openpty", _("Can not write log (%s)"), _("Is /dev/pts mounted?"));
            d->master = d->slave = -1;
diff --git a/apt-pkg/install-progress.cc b/apt-pkg/install-progress.cc
index 0e093a511..fe065da4f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/install-progress.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/install-progress.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 namespace APT {
 namespace Progress {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/policy.cc b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
index 0a06cc6e3..d0f97441d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/policy.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ bool ReadPinFile(pkgPolicy &Plcy,string File)
    PreferenceSection Tags;
    while (TF.Step(Tags) == true)
    {
+      // can happen when there are only comments in a record
+      if (Tags.Count() == 0)
+         continue;
+
       string Name = Tags.FindS("Package");
       if (Name.empty() == true)
 	 return _error->Error(_("Invalid record in the preferences file %s, no Package header"), File.c_str());
diff --git a/apt-pkg/tagfile.cc b/apt-pkg/tagfile.cc
index e0802e3d5..bef3c76ba 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/tagfile.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/tagfile.cc
@@ -259,7 +259,12 @@ bool pkgTagSection::Scan(const char *Start,unsigned long MaxLength)
    TagCount = 0;
    while (TagCount+1 < sizeof(Indexes)/sizeof(Indexes[0]) && Stop < End)
    {
-       TrimRecord(true,End);
+      TrimRecord(true,End);
+
+      // this can happen when TrimRecord trims away the entire Record
+      // (e.g. because it just contains comments)
+      if(Stop == End)
+         return true;
 
       // Start a new index and add it to the hash
       if (isspace(Stop[0]) == 0)
@@ -273,7 +278,9 @@ bool pkgTagSection::Scan(const char *Start,unsigned long MaxLength)
       if (Stop == 0)
 	 return false;
 
-      for (; Stop+1 < End && Stop[1] == '\r'; Stop++);
+      for (; Stop+1 < End && Stop[1] == '\r'; Stop++)
+         /* nothing */
+         ;
 
       // Double newline marks the end of the record
       if (Stop+1 < End && Stop[1] == '\n')