Your message dated Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:17:28 +0000 with message-id <e1tj664-0002gp...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688562: fixed in cxref 1.6d-4 has caused the Debian Bug report #688562, regarding cxref: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/cxref/config to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: cxref Version: 1.6d-2 Severity: serious Tags: squeeze-ignore 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/cxref/config cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: cxref Source-Version: 1.6d-4 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of cxref, 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. Camm Maguire <c...@debian.org> (supplier of updated cxref 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: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:00:05 +0000 Source: cxref Binary: cxref cxref-doc cxref-emacs Architecture: source all i386 Version: 1.6d-4 Distribution: unstable Urgency: high Maintainer: Camm Maguire <c...@debian.org> Changed-By: Camm Maguire <c...@debian.org> Description: cxref - Generates LaTeX and HTML documentation for C programs cxref-doc - Generates LaTeX and HTML documentation for C programs cxref-emacs - Generates LaTeX and HTML documentation for C programs Closes: 688562 Changes: cxref (1.6d-4) unstable; urgency=high . * Bug fix: "modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/cxref/config", thanks to Andreas Beckmann (Closes: #688562). Provide default cxref-cpp.defines Checksums-Sha1: 7f4e1e272e748e4bf38bbb2d32ec34f60de8eea1 1222 cxref_1.6d-4.dsc f68b3449a4fc2513eb50110a64740d2d5591dd18 32871 cxref_1.6d-4.debian.tar.gz 3d6b5a123927c9af9469e996deb4c0f08b3a8321 787790 cxref-doc_1.6d-4_all.deb 07e9dee18d877b70d35eea6b366c01d1f38bcd51 16094 cxref-emacs_1.6d-4_all.deb 1df772934f6a540e7d4407f6969f8659582a6f7c 511806 cxref_1.6d-4_i386.deb Checksums-Sha256: 8bf9a95f2bbc813ad0f226037b2404a65a97f1d80289cb725eebf6b0fbca0305 1222 cxref_1.6d-4.dsc 7ef0aeef0d52cd48fd42ce8764df54a23c74a69831b7750b30f12d0f946d73f3 32871 cxref_1.6d-4.debian.tar.gz f78191a927feb40018c17875957d3a45294732e8543526f451aaf386dae2f748 787790 cxref-doc_1.6d-4_all.deb 8b557b4d4dc5b56905ff4a540743666cfab36d66d81e11acf0dc342e9c935314 16094 cxref-emacs_1.6d-4_all.deb 7a5f40dbeaa616765ae2d3df940cedc2702f61f87b4691529625589e594424c9 511806 cxref_1.6d-4_i386.deb Files: fb3e243fe7b337db908dead69343abf3 1222 devel optional cxref_1.6d-4.dsc 26fd8ffe2de6f0d4822aaa61009b9ab9 32871 devel optional cxref_1.6d-4.debian.tar.gz bf1daba52cf0e3abdb5e12dc2897fdb4 787790 doc optional cxref-doc_1.6d-4_all.deb c488ad9fda9628cb76a6c74d92d9383b 16094 editors optional cxref-emacs_1.6d-4_all.deb e8cfe4a68958c2ccb6bb10b4f5d35d3a 511806 devel optional cxref_1.6d-4_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBrHVEACgkQczG1wFfwRdy7GwCeNib6Zzbe9wYcR/goKizZ9CJ5 xKsAn3l63yl6zPNN1zGZHkYY7i8w1Pr+ =wa32 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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