Package: dumputils Version: 0.4-6 Severity: serious Hello,
dumputils modifies /etc/dumputils.conf in it's postinst script, which is against Debian Policy 10.7.3. This behaviour did lead to a) DUMP_FLAGS=0 appended to my dumputils.conf although I had DUMP_FLAGS=1 manually configured there (this is btw. IMHO one of the reasons why the policy forbids modification of conffiles :)) and b) this line being added *multiple* times. If you think it's a good idea to manipulate config-files, please think about using ucf. If you still think it's agood idea to manipulate config-files, please consider that package postinst is probably the wrong place to do it, since kernels can change independently of the installation/upgrade of dumputils. Probably it would be better to give some warning in the init-script if it detects a configuration incompatible to the currently running kernel. Thanks for your work & regards Mario -- Tower: "Say fuelstate." Pilot: "Fuelstate." Tower: "Say again." Pilot: "Again." Tower: "Arghl, give me your fuel!" Pilot: "Sorry, need it by myself..."
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