On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:04:52PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > In #267988, the bug submitter mentions that samba, even when > configured in /etc/default/samba to be run as a deamon, is > reconfigured to be run through inted at each upgrade.
> I suspect that, in the original install, the bug submitter did choose > "inetd" for the run mode, when prompted by debconf. > Then, later, he changed this directly in /etc/default/samba but any > time the package is reinstalled, the configure scripts overwrite this > again. > This is why Steve suggested running "dpkg-reconfigure samba" to get > rid of this which, I think, is a sane recommendation. > However, shouldn't we try having a better .config script which would > preserve settings made by the lcoale admin instead of overwriting them > with debconf settings? Yes, this is definitely a bug in the config/postinst scripts for not preserving local settings; hence leaving the bug open instead of closing it with the workaround. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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