Your message dated Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:47:33 +0000 with message-id <e1tj7vf-000057...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688194: fixed in prewikka 1.0.0-1.2 has caused the Debian Bug report #688194, regarding prewikka: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/prewikka/prewikka.conf to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: prewikka Version: 1.0.0-1.1 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/prewikka/prewikka.conf cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: prewikka Source-Version: 1.0.0-1.2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of prewikka, 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 prewikka 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: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:20:33 +0200 Source: prewikka Binary: prewikka Architecture: source all Version: 1.0.0-1.2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier <pol...@debian.org> Changed-By: gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> Description: prewikka - Security Information Management System [ Web Interface ] Closes: 688194 Changes: prewikka (1.0.0-1.2) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload. * Fix "modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/prewikka/prewikka.conf": - debian/rules: don't install configuration file to /etc; ship it under /usr/share/prewikka - change handling of configuration file in postinst to use the configuration template in /usr/share/prewikka instead of the one installed as an example (Policy 12.3.: "Packages must not require the existence of any files in `/usr/share/doc/'") - don't install the example anymore but make it a symlink (Closes: #688194) Checksums-Sha1: e4d16586153eafc1a200495b8e9de2e9b9986700 1719 prewikka_1.0.0-1.2.dsc d207701a32d9e7a888528710c9bf12e13bc9c827 11141 prewikka_1.0.0-1.2.diff.gz 8c8ee236586391c6fde512976b3c58004259fa52 339550 prewikka_1.0.0-1.2_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: da12cf51d4c2662838888457c2ff1539e5e32b1a0673cf268a4026c8975922bb 1719 prewikka_1.0.0-1.2.dsc c81bbe1e3debe2701b101c0ae4779b53fe5a291eeac4a1938a11368b7e1442df 11141 prewikka_1.0.0-1.2.diff.gz f75c9616abc6f491da6de782c6deffe0dc77845516be84c80227248e54fe6f33 339550 prewikka_1.0.0-1.2_all.deb Files: 16cad03ef05818449aeb453577cdafb4 1719 web extra prewikka_1.0.0-1.2.dsc 4debae3710824b47b5dbaf78ce887525 11141 web extra prewikka_1.0.0-1.2.diff.gz b3757c66bd92b6f84763b45fe34630e2 339550 web extra prewikka_1.0.0-1.2_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQaI2ZAAoJELs6aAGGSaoGMpIP/RjM/01bUcsJvYXd/52cNSsv qH2mLQExpwhJZ9yQBNyWB/4X2jMzzOvTk2t+zH170VNdCqH4/01ImWycUXmARTI6 /YPWnBVgkq+lqaaz6vdui7qk8ykvCOL5T1CcPk5zlPvw5f4SVSK9cZ+zKgNaLF46 yrCMrjZby/1oFksYjJt09ggx4Bw1Z81K5bgwIs80mCyDnWUFPBkR6DP7cBcebS4l h70cMpt9RnTCwyD7PxXGeH0XRPrWx8LKmYWN0gGCIW4PzyFs6ap9Y+670QSAWyiG QjRxrj5aLtf6AlDNcyFrtGc8pHNp3taGNvOX3XP7Td+ayFEXpBXnaBynwZDKGTN5 K/5maE2FsVutuUcCc37FcQkmuMmTqY3LnZh73CMpx4ZafpqdIJ6Zee4f6IQj1b8U 5nSzlu0HCpcN7Cw7qUYzntVa7uPsenxk0qzPX+x/Gsr/meLPgpBrj01Jr0fOoUbV 9oEitmSY+iWsoVfj5+0kWGCzoXfB8KzQSgKbsv+wYxU/Bn/3OJQlzZfEquTHu324 wTeaQIUH98fX/NiyeEvymXFBWqiDt/w+jpdFa5lucGgHPLFi+UY6vXB/ZOf+q6ha jXjBqDa9mKEMWF4MACAhONDWNL0UoTYDEr5wpXd9HIL21EiH3hLO34ES/m4ukdx7 sbdFC2Cx7AimKqnSzWSf =xEXF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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