Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 debhelper Control: retitle -2 debhelper: Clarify use of maintscript
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 03:57:13AM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.2.3 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > while debugging an issue found by piuparts on upgrading from jessie to > stretch I stumbled upon this debug output from dpkg-maintscript-helper: > > Setting up apt (1.2.3) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.daily/apt ... > Installing new version of config file > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal ... > usermod: no changes > DEBUG: dpkg-maintscript-helper: Executing /usr/bin/dpkg-maintscript-helper > rm_conffile in postinst of apt > DEBUG: dpkg-maintscript-helper: CONFFILE=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20changelog > PACKAGE=apt:amd64 LASTVERSION=1.0.3 ACTION=@ PARAM=-- > > This looks like dpkg-maintscript-helper gets called with the wrong > parameters ... how does apt.maintscript look like? > > rm_conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20changelog 1.0.3 -- "@" > > yes, that's bullshit. The documentation should be fixed to mention that. The manpage says: dpkg-maintscript-helper(1): dpkg-maintscript-helper command [parameter...] -- maint-script-parameter... dh_installdeb(1): lines in this file correspond to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) commands and parameters. It's unclear. > Correct would be > > rm_conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20changelog 1.2.4~ > > So this has never worked since it was introduced in 2014 ... > Version bumped assuming the fixed version will be uploaded as 1.2.4. > > > Andreas > -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to (`inline'). Thank you.
