Source: debianutils Version: 5.7-0.3 Tags: patch X-Debbugs-Cc: Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>
Axel Beckert made me aware that while we added update-shells to debianutils, I failed to document it in the canonical place. I'm attaching a patch to improve that situation Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru debianutils-5.7/debian/README.shells debianutils-5.7/debian/README.shells --- debianutils-5.7/debian/README.shells 2022-05-01 18:43:27.000000000 +0200 +++ debianutils-5.7/debian/README.shells 2022-11-03 06:17:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ meant to be used as login shells. /etc/shells is no longer a config file, but is maintained by the -add-shell and remove-shell programs. So, if a package contains -something that the maintainer thinks ought to be a valid login shell, -it's postinst should, (on initial install only, to allow a sysadmin to -take it out again), run: +add-shell, remove-shell and update-shells programs. So, if a +package contains something that the maintainer thinks ought to be a +valid login shell, it can have its shell included in two different way. + +By placing a fragment in /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d/<binarypackage>, +it will invoke a file trigger on debian-utils and invoke update-shells, +which will add and remove the contained shells from /etc/shells as +needed. + +Alternatively, it's postinst should, (on initial install only, to allow a +sysadmin to take it out again), run: /usr/sbin/add-shell /path/to/shell @@ -15,5 +22,6 @@ /usr/sbin/remove-shell /path/to/shell -As the various shells start to use it, the default shells list will -shrink. +The latter method has the disadvantage of shells disappearing from /etc/shells +when the relevant package is removed but not purged and then reinstalled. The +fragment method does not suffer from this limitation. diff --minimal -Nru debianutils-5.7/debian/changelog debianutils-5.7/debian/changelog --- debianutils-5.7/debian/changelog 2022-07-27 08:20:06.000000000 +0200 +++ debianutils-5.7/debian/changelog 2022-11-03 06:17:48.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +debianutils (5.7-0.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Update /etc/shells micropolicy to recommend declarative use. (Closes: #-1) + + -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:17:48 +0100 + debianutils (5.7-0.3) unstable; urgency=medium * Non-maintainer upload.
