Package: dhcp3-server
Version: 3.0.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch

It is possible for network interface names to contain slashes (/) in their
names (e.g. /dev/net/tun).  That breaks the sed regexp in postinst.

Patch attached.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-386
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL 
set to C)

Versions of packages dhcp3-server depends on:
ii  debconf                     1.4.41       Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                 2.11.2       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  dhcp3-common                3.0.1-1      Common files used by all the dhcp3
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

-- debconf information excluded
--- dhcp3-3.0.1/debian/dhcp3-server.postinst~   2005-01-14 04:25:11.000000000 
+0100
+++ dhcp3-3.0.1/debian/dhcp3-server.postinst    2005-01-14 04:25:59.000000000 
+0100
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 INTERFACES="${RET}"
 
 TMPFILE=`mktemp -q ${INITCONFFILE}.new.XXXXXX`
-sed -e 
"s/^[[:space:]]*INTERFACES[[:space:]]*=.*/INTERFACES=\"${INTERFACES}\"/" \
+sed -e 
"s,^[[:space:]]*INTERFACES[[:space:]]*=.*,INTERFACES=\"${INTERFACES}\"," \
        <${INITCONFFILE} >${TMPFILE}
 cp ${TMPFILE} ${INITCONFFILE}
 rm ${TMPFILE}

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