Package: pdnsd Version: 1.2.8-par-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 9.1.1
Dear Maintainer, I've installed pdnsd on a system in testing for rolling out to production. The configuration that this package currently uses, with the configuration in /usr/share/pdnsd, violates Debian Policy section 9.1.1 (filesystem hierarchy), FHS specifications for /etc and /usr/share. The configs are definitely not read-only, and thus do not belong in /usr/share. Arguably the entire AUTO_MODE configuration system should be removed because it is a blatant violation of both the FHS (and Debian Policy by reference) and POLA. In no circumstance would I expect to find configuration in /usr/share, ever. This is related to something else I found, which I'm not sure whether to file as a separate bug. When I use my own configuration instead of the bizarre /usr/share/pdnsd configuration, the init scripts makes assumptions that are not made clear: specifically, that pdnsd needs to drop privileges to the autocreated pdnsd user and that I must enable the status socket. The privilege dropping is obvious, but it should still be made clear to the administrator when using their own configuration. Without these settings, pdnsd and its init script don't function properly. If this should be filed separately, I'll be glad to do so. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages pdnsd depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49 ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u1 Versions of packages pdnsd recommends: pn resolvconf <none> pdnsd suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * pdnsd/conf: Manual -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
