From: Matthias Günther <matgnt@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 18:44:11 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc: Fix segmentation fault when /var/log/apt ist missing.
X-Git-Tag: 0.9.13.exp1ubuntu1~286^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/commitdiff_plain/a7a2824bad5fd9c868f4774771ec9fb2f1895285

apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc: Fix segmentation fault when /var/log/apt ist missing.
LP: #535509
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diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 18c731788..036f0e385 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog()
    }
    term_out = NULL;
 
+   // check if the directory exists in which we want to write the file
+   string const logdir = _config->FindDir("Dir::Log");
+   if(not FileExists(logdir))
+      return _error->Error(_("Directory '%s' missing"), logdir.c_str());
+
    string history_name = flCombine(_config->FindDir("Dir::Log"),
 				   _config->Find("Dir::Log::History"));
    if (!history_name.empty())