Package: update-notifier-common Version: 0.99.3debian4 Severity: normal Tags: patch
update-notifier includes config files placed in /etc/update-motd.d coming from the Ubuntu update-motd framework that call binaries in /usr/lib/update-notifier. However, config files stay on the system if update-notifier is removed, which makes applications using pam-motd (pam-1.1.1) call the scripts in this directory and produce error messages about missing binaries (config stays, binaries no longer there). Never ever should any package make any assumptions in /etc about existant binaries. FIX: make all scripts in /etc/update-motd.d check for existence of a binary: if [ -x "/path/to/binary" ]; then ......; fi; -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (700, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages update-notifier-common depends on: ii python 2.6.5-5 An interactive high-level object-o pn python-apt <none> (no description available) Versions of packages update-notifier-common recommends: pn cpu-checker <none> (no description available) ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules f update-notifier-common suggests no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
