Your message dated Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:02:32 +0000 with message-id <e1tlyuy-0004tw...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688196: fixed in mimedefang 2.71-3 has caused the Debian Bug report #688196, regarding mimedefang: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/mimedefang to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: mimedefang Version: 2.73-1 Severity: serious Tags: squeeze-ignore User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Control: found -1 mimedefang/2.69-1 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/default/mimedefang cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: mimedefang Source-Version: 2.71-3 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of mimedefang, 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. Christoph Martin <christoph.mar...@uni-mainz.de> (supplier of updated mimedefang 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: RIPEMD160 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:22:00 +0100 Source: mimedefang Binary: mimedefang graphdefang Architecture: source amd64 Version: 2.71-3 Distribution: testing Urgency: low Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.mar...@uni-mainz.de> Changed-By: Christoph Martin <christoph.mar...@uni-mainz.de> Description: graphdefang - grapher for MIMEDefang spam and virus logs mimedefang - e-mail filter program for sendmail Closes: 654452 688196 Changes: mimedefang (2.71-3) testing; urgency=low . [ gregor herrmann ] * Fix "modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/mimedefang": - debian/{dir,rules}: install configuration file under /usr/share - debian/mimedefang.postinst: copy it to /etc/default if necessary - debian/mimedefang.postrm: remove it on purge - debian/config: also handle no/false case (Closes: #688196) . [ Christoph Martin ] * add new nb debconf translation (Closes: #654452) * correct some lintian warnings * Add MX_RECIPOK_PERDOMAIN_LIMIT to the reference configuration in /usr/share/mimedefang/mimedefang.conf Checksums-Sha1: 9856e1e8f6a05ea7540becea3c92a56b0bf0aa24 1256 mimedefang_2.71-3.dsc 2c9da87a292ef4ecf5674599642e3982529d5fd5 34904 mimedefang_2.71-3.diff.gz dbb6bf9e275562c7dad08944dd5756a9dd0e865f 260452 mimedefang_2.71-3_amd64.deb 0210a98e3b81c7629c1676327252dfeea759c382 85240 graphdefang_2.71-3_amd64.deb Checksums-Sha256: 69edb5f1cc527502df8abdfb78d12909e06e2a3550a8b450cf7fc8962864b4dc 1256 mimedefang_2.71-3.dsc 1bdc491e8bfb9ba1bc3a5702998eab36efda988b1d6711d4b5220d9e4a679a4e 34904 mimedefang_2.71-3.diff.gz c44fa61b496f6ab456b341240601e7d55063a3d8574b8602f585534e09203c3c 260452 mimedefang_2.71-3_amd64.deb bc15c186c0f0036db65a028d4baf4018c74b1d4de227427e1f7c8d6798960648 85240 graphdefang_2.71-3_amd64.deb Files: b3a468e9720f2f81ea0700858c2d1476 1256 mail extra mimedefang_2.71-3.dsc 89a9efcf56541fa4d8525f380ca55f4c 34904 mail extra mimedefang_2.71-3.diff.gz a1f7ffe8820d8b8a422272ae4883194a 260452 mail extra mimedefang_2.71-3_amd64.deb b885600bde0dbdbb7d05872cdfa0f2e8 85240 mail extra graphdefang_2.71-3_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAlDTKgwACgkQgeVih7XOVJdZCwCdGCb+K85hzMA3gjIQdfYrNPjb x0IAnAk0TNtFbg+gw9wdrKGBEweD7VUW =mHeo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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