Your message dated Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:17:32 +0000 with message-id <e1ttfru-0003uk...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#689779: fixed in pptpd 1.3.4-5.1 has caused the Debian Bug report #689779, regarding pptpd: modifies conffiles during squeeze2wheezy upgrade (policy 10.7.3): /etc/pptpd.conf, /etc/init.d/pptpd, /etc/ppp/pptpd-options to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: pptpd Version: 1.3.4-5 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/pptpd.conf /etc/init.d/pptpd /etc/ppp/pptpd-options I couldn't reproduce this on a normal installation, it happens only on upgrades. cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: pptpd Source-Version: 1.3.4-5.1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of pptpd, 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 689...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Reinhard Tartler <siret...@tauware.de> (supplier of updated pptpd 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: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:19:04 +0100 Source: pptpd Binary: pptpd bcrelay Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.3.4-5.1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <rm...@debian.org> Changed-By: Reinhard Tartler <siret...@tauware.de> Description: bcrelay - Broadcast relay daemon pptpd - PoPToP Point to Point Tunneling Server Closes: 689779 Changes: pptpd (1.3.4-5.1) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload * Remove debian/conffiles, avoids debsum mismatches regarding conffiles (Closes: #689779) Checksums-Sha1: bb0749ae3d0d91a01623ceaf02f7fd29e79e854a 1077 pptpd_1.3.4-5.1.dsc 790518e09b33fd0c9e0c79c69de536d0c03e3261 12561 pptpd_1.3.4-5.1.diff.gz da525ab5dc201dea00f81941902990b2b7a102e2 94744 pptpd_1.3.4-5.1_i386.deb e965263e933810461a6cbad083de42e19caa7aaf 22410 bcrelay_1.3.4-5.1_i386.deb Checksums-Sha256: 605a618af59c5489495a12c1fc5d93dcfc345cb85c06dd68590542a2a5fc52ba 1077 pptpd_1.3.4-5.1.dsc 306714b22426e70e32b3f29b657dd1053072a443636c1ee67014eb778f2b7a89 12561 pptpd_1.3.4-5.1.diff.gz 9802627153efc821a1a52b2a1978e4ab6c4730927849998a0732e24f7bc71822 94744 pptpd_1.3.4-5.1_i386.deb 1feed9d2cdaf859a18f101688006f67f9f1c335b9672b3428a4ce52790d9189b 22410 bcrelay_1.3.4-5.1_i386.deb Files: 37be42fe93c09e49de5f7df22292d2a6 1077 net optional pptpd_1.3.4-5.1.dsc 494dc106bc3a1d88eef507be71e2d48d 12561 net optional pptpd_1.3.4-5.1.diff.gz ae77f0160d1ce5c867fcb277b9ada68b 94744 net optional pptpd_1.3.4-5.1_i386.deb ba868e50fecb56fa0d1627d18fa61e5a 22410 net optional bcrelay_1.3.4-5.1_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Debian Powered! iEYEARECAAYFAlCNZCYACgkQmAg1RJRTSKTZQwCfTFPDGmMjEvWj4W8uXljRylXY 4cIAn3gw5LaHQgPba5rdaLLS/SGaeYcJ =fWjG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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