severity 301195 normal thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:54:36PM +0100, Rolf Leggewie wrote: > Package: mc > Version: 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre3-1 > Severity: serious > File: /usr/bin/mcedit-debian > Justification: unknown;/etc should not be overwritten
> thank you for your work on the mc package. > Today I found out that somehow the latest upgrade of the mc package > must have overwritten the alternative I specified for editor. > Previously I used nano, it was changed to mcedit-debian without my > consent or confirmation. I cannot quote the exact place from the > Debian Policy Manual but AFAIK things in /etc should not be over- > written without confirmation. Thus marking the bug as serious > because it violates policy. Alternatives are not treated as configuration files under policy; packages which provide alternatives are always allowed to register them with the alternatives system, and if you don't call update-alternatives --config or update-alternatives --set to declare your preference, the alternatives system is allowed to automatically manage these symlinks for you. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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