Package: pdnsd
Version: 1.2.8-par-2.3
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)."

debsums reports modification of the following files,
from the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):

  debsums: missing file /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/002_NetMan_pdnsd (from 
pdnsd package)

This file is missing after the following sequence:
  install
  remove (dont purge)
  install

Deleted conffiles are not restored on package updates/reinstallation.
That is a local modification that is preserved by dpkg.

cheers,

Andreas

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