On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 01:37 +0200, Philipp Schafft wrote: > Package: dnet-common > Version: 2.56.1+nmu1 > Severity: important > Tags: confirmed > > The NMU wrongly worksaround #635604 by abusing $DNET_INTERFACES > in /etc/default/decnet. It changes the content of the file based on > debconf information in the postinst script.
Only on initial installation. (The test '[ -z "$2" ]' checks that the previous version number is empty.) > The correct way would be to to not create (or not alter if already > present) the node database (/etc/decnet.conf). > > The result of this bug: > This change is not undone by later reconfigure runs or upgrades. > The change is permanent and users. even creating the node database would > not enable decnet as documented and expected by users. [...] This is true. What should be done is to prompt for the interface name(s) through debconf, and then put that in /etc/default/decnet. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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