Package: cyrus-common-2.2 Version: 2.2.13-10+etch2 Severity: normal cyrus-common-2.2.postinst runs cyrus-makedirs on all package updates, even when it's not necessary. In the case of the recent security update in 2.2.13-10+etch2, this resulted in a multi-hour outage at my site while a giant recursive chown was run over the spool directories. cyrus-makedirs was not necessary in this case, and the outage shouldn't have lasted more than a few seconds. cyrus-makedirs doesn't seem to do anything other than make directories, set permissions, set some filesystem attributes, and optionally delete old sieve files. When performing package upgrades, it's rare that these operations are actually necessary.
I suggest that the postinst script be modified to only run when upgrading to versions that change the directory structure or otherwise introduce configuration changes that actually require it's functionality. Otherwise it's a very expensive no-op. Although this bug is filed against the version in oldstable, it looks this still happens in current versions of this package in unstable. Thanks. noah -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.7-csail Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages cyrus-common-2.2 depends on: ii add 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii deb 1.5.11etch2 Debian configuration management sy ii dpk 1.13.26 package maintenance system for Deb ii exi 4.63-17 lightweight exim MTA (v4) daemon ii gaw 1:3.1.5.dfsg-4 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr ii lib 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lib 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1 common error description library ii lib 4.2.52+dfsg-2 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [ ii lib 1.4.4-7etch7 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii lib 2.1.22.dfsg1-8+etch1 Authentication abstraction library ii lib 5.2.3-7etch4 NET SNMP (Simple Network Managemen ii lib 0.9.8c-4etch5 SSL shared libraries ii lib 7.6.dbs-13 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii lib 2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-17.1 The original "Instant Message" sys ii net 4.29 Basic TCP/IP networking system ii per 5.8.8-7etch6 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages cyrus-common-2.2 recommends: ii cyrus-admin-2.2 2.2.13-10+etch2 Cyrus mail system (administration ii cyrus-imapd-2.2 2.2.13-10+etch2 Cyrus mail system (IMAP support) ii cyrus-pop3d-2.2 2.2.13-10+etch2 Cyrus mail system (POP3 support) -- debconf information: cyrus-common-2.2/removespools: false cyrus-common-2.2/warnbackendchange: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
