On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:25:53AM +0300, Guillem Jover wrote: > retitle 435049 inetutils-syslogd: duplicated defaults file > severity 435049 minor > thanks > > On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 17:04:44 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Package: inetutils-syslogd > > Version: 2:1.5.dfsg.1-2 > > Severity: normal > > > > The inetutils-syslogd package provides /etc/default/inetutils-syslogd > > and also /etc/default/syslogd. However, its init script only reads the > > /etc/default/syslogd file. This is rather broken. > > The files are *only* duplicated, I see how this is a bug. I don't see > how this is "rather broken", though, and less how it is "brain dead", > next time you can just skip that kind of comments... > Here is how it is "rather broken":
- package provides two (identical) config files and ignores one - insight as to which one is actually read can only be gained by reading the init script - Having recently switched from sysklogd to inetutils-syslogd, I thought that the /etc/default/sysogd was a left over from that package - It took a non-trivial amount of time to figure this out As far as "brain dead", I have not been sleeping enough as my Sarge -> Etch upgrades seem to require significantly more involvement than I would like. Apoligies if my comments offended you. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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