Your message dated Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:02:30 +0000 with message-id <e1tjkqc-00055l...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688433: fixed in biomaj 1.2.0-8 has caused the Debian Bug report #688433, regarding biomaj: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/biomaj/db_properties/global.properties to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: biomaj Version: 1.2.0-7 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...): /usr/share/biomaj/bin/env.sh /etc/biomaj/db_properties/global.properties cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: biomaj Source-Version: 1.2.0-8 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of biomaj, 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. Olivier Sallou <osal...@debian.org> (supplier of updated biomaj 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: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:59:55 +0200 Source: biomaj Binary: biomaj biomaj-properties Architecture: source all Version: 1.2.0-8 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packag...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: Olivier Sallou <osal...@debian.org> Description: biomaj - biological data-bank updater biomaj-properties - biological data-bank updater - example properties files Closes: 688433 Changes: biomaj (1.2.0-8) unstable; urgency=low . [ Olivier Sallou ] * debian/copyright: Fix copyright URL * dbeian/control: Switch to Standards 3.9.4 * debian/rules, debian/postinst, debian/postrm: fix conffile update conflicting with Debian Policy (Closes: #688433). Checksums-Sha1: 37d1c99117072bc379a3c2da0701856003896ba5 2490 biomaj_1.2.0-8.dsc d0caa1721a9d36781cd1349976e5f13856fd75d3 24548 biomaj_1.2.0-8.debian.tar.gz afd1a89e7fb721364fe913c204762c66fa49c2fb 12446642 biomaj_1.2.0-8_all.deb 65464ec398b939a21e4fcd21edfe51f488ed3bf8 34140 biomaj-properties_1.2.0-8_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: cd02ccfad17c864123c8b1531f9b5c0856537be432a250e54f7327c55f997ee1 2490 biomaj_1.2.0-8.dsc 6e6341e8e0b99f0cefe676592149e2ce5b931dc3632b533a9ad0c8342fb5231a 24548 biomaj_1.2.0-8.debian.tar.gz c518cf484e457719386f12516134fc5428f43b355a3bc02067a14d2388502b54 12446642 biomaj_1.2.0-8_all.deb c82575e545e5691d5985ecaf216ba27a8f1ef35403a2f7e8c7c4bce93ec3e31b 34140 biomaj-properties_1.2.0-8_all.deb Files: 3be786a1a3377e1085a1140589bad948 2490 science optional biomaj_1.2.0-8.dsc 4cfb74390dbf97c8cafdd12a3607debb 24548 science optional biomaj_1.2.0-8.debian.tar.gz 2cfe99778e2ded00525d279fb333d9ad 12446642 science optional biomaj_1.2.0-8_all.deb 610f2beacaa43569bb5fe115fb5956d1 34140 science optional biomaj-properties_1.2.0-8_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQa/1CAAoJEHjcaNsybYQ48k4P/1FH9TBji9T8x65slVunphnf aOvziGijN00QjaJKuywPLfZf/R0Y/t4OCAKAxXWSacX+w3FLB9dXmRMWR1QI+X93 khFxAmP2qGVTdIZk52tQbyZT2R9pAdxAZBUnhFjLMrOrMRI9lw5JTwZFqr8eOfmY qLigx2115MkUC5sTwYWHdM27uznv39pufcisXVzsMBqJMS6aaX4I146l+8+nHt21 vEu2VMx1axlZFWRgri2Z6fJn3/gipayjjDyKZorj3QoXK+F+CD6SZPCaZQLETZyW km2rX4tYTBXW9Zn9iotSN/hZ1mo+9e5A81svH6wCDpbsWbNuorZ7HH3OzmhMJ5OT eVI9puyV7d7VUeQozEF2ITJ9Bj1KG+aoEEsJVBj+ffg9qA5zlM3EpzYK5rGSQ4DN 0w3UBN7jXmzvML9KMpfMqulUETux3YG6DAMvEJ1u2dVyCRilGrdybUNA7zbPIYn5 STU62dAZUQrp2jPI0RZSmY4ZeQCri+V5Zu4W5z+LhyF96sUUDxbHIzA9Aa+B1d7A LU+NGuJIq06RFsaNoSK28V8ElSxfVZ/CYjKHarEPpdCqV7WTdnGdqjDR2GYJzpVf 0i9XuzueciXdFEaaG7W52USEJ8kr8A326+dkS5nwQD5RfJill0GVzzhkEPj2a4wi Er2otrNATLb05rvb93B+ =OzRF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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