Package: polipo Version: 1.1.1-1~bpo70+1 I tried to upgrade polipo from the version in wheezy (1.0.4.1-1.2) to the version in wheezy-backports (1.1.1-1~bpo70+1), and was bitten by the supposedly fixed bug #735624, i.e. installation failed with the error message:
Starting polipo: Couldn't open log file /var/log/polipo: Is a directory invoke-rc.d: initscript polipo, action "start" failed. During the installation I was prompted to accept changes to the config file, but said no as I generally prefer to review config changes after the install. <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735624#35> says: > The fix was to ship a modification to the config file. You did not > install the config file that we ship and thus you did not get the > fix. The package as shipped is fine. > > Just add a line of the form > logFile = /var/log/polipo/polipo.log > to your configuration and you should be fine. I don't really find this answer acceptable. If not accepting a particular config change is going to cause the package installation to fail, then at the very least you should warn the user beforehand, e.g. with a debconf question at install time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
