On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 04:47:02PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 23:29 +0100, Karol Lewandowski wrote: > > > sudo and sudo-ldap packages remove /etc/sudoers during postrm > > stage. > > Right, when purge is called. > > > Thus, it's possible to do: > > 1 # apt-get install sudo > > 2 # apt-get install sudo-ldap > > 3 # dpkg -P sudo > > > > And have empty /etc/sudoers. > > Good point. The rm on purge was added before the sudo-ldap package was > created, and I didn't think about this potential conflict over the > sudoers file.
You're not alone. Looking for resolution I've noticed this problem in openssh-server and ssh-krb5. I'm beginning to think that this might be really common for packages in multiple flavours... (At least for packages with config files, emacs is safe. :-) > > Not that I know how to fix this but maybe just merge sudo with > > sudo-ldap? libldap2 has important priority, so it's almost always > > intalled. > > On a running system, you're right. However, debian-installer uses sudo, > and LDAP support adds 9 additional shared libraries to the dependencies, > which was deemed unacceptable. See bug #344034 for details if you care. Yes, I see now. > I'll ponder a bit tonight and see if I can come up with a good solution. Good luck! I've to say that I've always been for leaving config files in something like .dpkg-purge and not for removing them. -- This signature intentionally says nothing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
