Your message dated Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:47:31 +0000 with message-id <e1tj5d5-0007i5...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688736: fixed in w3c-linkchecker 4.81-6 has caused the Debian Bug report #688736, regarding w3c-linkchecker: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/w3c/checklink.conf to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: w3c-linkchecker Version: 4.81-4 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package modifies conffiles. This is forbidden by the policy, see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files 10.7.3: "[...] The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration file a conffile. [...] This implies that the default version will be part of the package distribution, and must not be modified by the maintainer scripts during installation (or at any other time)." Note that once a package ships a modified version of that conffile, dpkg will prompt the user for an action how to handle the upgrade of this modified conffile (that was not modified by the user). Further in 10.7.3: "[...] must not ask unnecessary questions (particularly during upgrades) [...]" If a configuration file is customized by a maintainer script after having asked some debconf questions, it may not be marked as a conffile. Instead a template could be installed in /usr/share and used by the postinst script to fill in the custom values and create (or update) the configuration file (preserving any user modifications!). This file must be removed during postrm purge. ucf(1) may help with these tasks. See also http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling In https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/09/msg00412.html and followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with severity serious. debsums reports modification of the following files, from the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): /etc/w3c/checklink.conf cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: w3c-linkchecker Source-Version: 4.81-6 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of w3c-linkchecker, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. 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 688...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> (supplier of updated w3c-linkchecker package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:36:59 +0200 Source: w3c-linkchecker Binary: w3c-linkchecker Architecture: source all Version: 4.81-6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> Description: w3c-linkchecker - tool to verify the links in a web page are still valid Closes: 688736 Changes: w3c-linkchecker (4.81-6) unstable; urgency=low . * Team upload. * debian/postrm: remove configuration file unconditionally during purge. Thanks to Andreas Beckmann for the followup test. (Closes: #688736) Checksums-Sha1: 0726ef930a13e140198fe953b7f7570f01b21b5e 2154 w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6.dsc 09d46df0ae784c9a4ffaaaf4ef7ab9b6165c77db 13131 w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6.debian.tar.gz a9bf5189580ecc542936a8dc12ff77a786fa9753 66638 w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: a8cf61fb4ac7c77bb5e2e1f22e090d2d0334c57ab7b18dba90f3ec8995beab42 2154 w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6.dsc d101acf45162073631c950908ff2df42975ae65a8dbc87cedfb7ffa25cd0e6e2 13131 w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6.debian.tar.gz 8e77a783c908797c11606733994f7c6baf705a33c2151a606694f0b8dd0e37a2 66638 w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6_all.deb Files: 5db899e7a52342deeaff0d12f646454a 2154 perl optional w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6.dsc bc90063cb2437c876ce4187e4b5c055c 13131 perl optional w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6.debian.tar.gz 9fb8fec85d10aed675ca3e6b0819f688 66638 perl optional w3c-linkchecker_4.81-6_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQaxjqAAoJELs6aAGGSaoGGrkQAKb5500/HQZL/3iH9XINfcgz HPRj3YSqSaH2ZmHojjCyOnNSnf2il9qbonpkeza+7F5Qp6bmRPMy6zoGf8L5hd4y EtC2WO6G2b6ZkN9Iq5Ve4TnGa903awlgc2GAXZ3oZBIwCcfnoXOfFyZFRk+TCrCq 53VteMU2gWf56uqmuViyZ9FObeUJonYlPO+jnYlXGTPVoI9spNZyhXgH/SWohPSI zDrrPh0FvutUovxJg8x0VqNoz0wGqb0XyOmBztRz1tDqRoizgb1iGih2okjUBApt Z+OH9Wgd5XTS45C9pcQ9/05tinhCN2kAAJqtWgUApQErD7IQFRVC5B0Zg9IuESrT JeShneaqJr8Jzz5ZmSb4rIcW7VpV0GDP1od2HBDZo55S+d0BUu9gXV+oScctALNf Ms3NwQlFeLXuQo38pMMPh3Wu5VrDcKeaUsu+7Yu8PbvGlPbA7i7MeDFvUI+NTVBG Yl3MvYOlRlJV+nd08Xkh6WNHbxy7YMiLvD5HKWHBbk6BsI/93RS5fRMYMt9gKONd wtQSnVvxDOm7nImyI5XyKnUkCTG6+hMviWLZYqJ2Y1dgxewGlUjyYKVa8VbpKKHN kGGlCYrj/BnENUJHs+JZ+Om5XVoONcgiQaifQXfGzmdQs42OnhTX9CdMk0aXwtln pcCpq2GU859uEyh97wbw =Ph6N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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