Your message dated Mon, 21 May 2012 13:32:29 +0000
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and subject line Bug#673767: fixed in base-files 6.9
has caused the Debian Bug report #673767,
regarding base-files: prompting due to modified conffiles which were not
modified by the user
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Package: base-files
Version: 6.8
Severity: serious
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed the piuparts
upgrade test because dpkg detected a conffile as being modified and then
prompted the user for an action. As there is no user input, this fails.
But this is not the real problem, the real problem is that this prompt
shows up in the first place, as there was nobody modifying this conffile
at all, the package has just been installed and upgraded...
This is a violation of policy 10.7.3, see
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.7.3,
which says "[These scripts handling conffiles] must not ask unnecessary
questions (particularly during upgrades), and must otherwise be good
citizens."
http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling should help with figuring
out how to do this properly.
In http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00675.html and
followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with
severity serious.
>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
Preparing to replace base-files 6.0squeeze5 (using
.../base-files_6.8_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement base-files ...
Setting up base-files (6.8) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/debian_version ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/issue ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/issue.net ...
Configuration file `/etc/profile'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** profile (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing base-files
(--configure):
EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
base-files
cheers,
Andreas
abcmidi-yaps_20070318-2.log.gz
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: base-files
Source-Version: 6.9
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
base-files, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
base-files_6.9.dsc
to main/b/base-files/base-files_6.9.dsc
base-files_6.9.tar.gz
to main/b/base-files/base-files_6.9.tar.gz
base-files_6.9_amd64.deb
to main/b/base-files/base-files_6.9_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 673...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org> (supplier of updated base-files package)
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Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:12:06 +0200
Source: base-files
Binary: base-files
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 6.9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org>
Description:
base-files - Debian base system miscellaneous files
Closes: 673767
Changes:
base-files (6.9) unstable; urgency=low
.
* We can't make /etc/profile a conffile without triggering a piuparts
check which is considered to be serious. Sorry, /etc/profile
will be handled as before for now. Closes: #673767.
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