Your message dated Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:47:31 +0000 with message-id <e1tjoab-0005ft...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688433: fixed in biomaj 1.2.0-9 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: 1.2.0-9 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, 03 Oct 2012 13:54:44 +0200 Source: biomaj Binary: biomaj biomaj-properties Architecture: source all Version: 1.2.0-9 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 (1.2.0-9) unstable; urgency=low . * debian/patches/set_env_file_for_debian: Prevent env.sh file update by program at install (Closes: #688433) Checksums-Sha1: 4bc85dda6206e41d1e6186fb2edcac058f6b1879 2490 biomaj_1.2.0-9.dsc 3026baca95d5425f71ed4cc94f3a5d7309395bfe 25011 biomaj_1.2.0-9.debian.tar.gz 54884fcb0ee14271a4ec9336b29d3bc775f78f2a 12446708 biomaj_1.2.0-9_all.deb 13a78301e2b9cd32e93638573f4a2695c4e60866 34182 biomaj-properties_1.2.0-9_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: 269ec12acc0d14bb4a0549670ae2792ac840377e9791eb3c7016c34d80bcbba5 2490 biomaj_1.2.0-9.dsc f4c47f1b1ba7fc3575d2405221325d3a9e08f2c625b599a5e2202744cc6a2eba 25011 biomaj_1.2.0-9.debian.tar.gz a64546488019465092fe4c76f62725653d763a8f743860588b0d5c9bbe916939 12446708 biomaj_1.2.0-9_all.deb 8b672d56f6c2340c23dcc357741017e73995cb34f271ca55e6b5efb9da500d26 34182 biomaj-properties_1.2.0-9_all.deb Files: 885d374d3df897e55a5856aa1cf63531 2490 science optional biomaj_1.2.0-9.dsc e6cb5edb13096ebfccbaa8cd3b8965d9 25011 science optional biomaj_1.2.0-9.debian.tar.gz 644e93a76ae2db825f15275747ce25cb 12446708 science optional biomaj_1.2.0-9_all.deb 11ab50b80c6918c6ad91819c0e276634 34182 science optional biomaj-properties_1.2.0-9_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQbbk+AAoJEHjcaNsybYQ4WFkP/2EHsTOQi39FgJk5uDcncqqM Mv7LcrMw4SrfSKAEh/vcSy5s37w+kl1vM9XvBqoFDNwScIHDQV5dRzzaCPr6EaCL bmfL8PXUgtlAYAI7zQ66Z/BTD+nLPrji4sjzjFiyd755lSupdJ1ImMWpiHSBAnmB ACGOqtk1vhBeKR+sJ6LrXaJs3A05PU45q4FkShxLePt/QrL4M3KOBIPJI6NBm8PM t7DQ153ESlNcY9dSuOeg+GmRx1Ear7mJZY1Qkx2FShh8blCWSruc/U5sOpjDpnUC WQun5OKDM3nrCz++Dl2YauJQ7jdTiep7qWHa6Pgkiwf1V/WJgh90p7LWqVhbbH7G pEpCZvmmkXnxCO79LcAkkUwsNdXJuSPtT1kKTRdbh3T04kdSRzDIT/ZKjLPc9Q56 OiPuG94q5NnM2BEUJ7ANdp7Jt5BacsHkWowOGJo01gWeUoxE6u8LqMqyTw0UJrIP MRXedHf7uG3WnNpU8GcRhf0GqGH19lMKBsd7cuGF1vNmX6v7e5dQDk2pKKal4/SK XKY05WlzEr9cO5gm5ubN0Jditl4V6rVW6mwD/GC+RxlSuuxXb/yelMLuqtoxdjn0 iL68o8s2TgumAsCwcJEWEy05ICTA3yAYY3TNQSyNLbfXrtG1wGqOMxmQlYDUW3Ux kItasyoEwiYkA/XKE6JJ =LQRt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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