Package: nagios3-cgi Version: 3.4.1-3+deb7u1 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Control: affects -1 nagios3
Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed the piuparts upgrade test because dpkg detected a conffile as being modified and then prompted the user for an action. As there is no user input, this fails. But this is not the real problem, the real problem is that this prompt shows up in the first place, as there was nobody modifying this conffile at all, the package has just been installed and upgraded... This is a violation of policy 10.7.3, see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.7.3, which says "[These scripts handling conffiles] must not ask unnecessary questions (particularly during upgrades), and must otherwise be good citizens." https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling should help with figuring out how to do this properly. In https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00675.html and followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with severity serious. This has been observed on an upgrade test from lenny to squeeze to wheezy ... >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): Setting up nagios3-cgi (3.4.1-3+deb7u1) ... Configuration file `/etc/nagios3/cgi.cfg' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : start a shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** cgi.cfg (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing nagios3-cgi (--configure): EOF on stdin at conffile prompt Setting up nagios3-core (3.4.1-3+deb7u1) ... configured to not write apport reports invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of start. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nagios3: nagios3 depends on nagios3-cgi (= 3.4.1-3+deb7u1); however: Package nagios3-cgi is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing nagios3 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: nagios3-cgi nagios3 cheers, Andreas
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