Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > For reference for others reading this, the postinst of the relevant > package follows. Note that it adds an unqualified hostname, potentially > shadowing a system in the local domain, if the user agrees to update > /etc/hosts. The debconf question is priority: high and defaults to true. > It looks like the purpose of the alias is because the package configures > an Apache virtual host named rtpg, which I think is also questionable and, > IIRC, contrary to the draft webapp policy. > > I get the impression that the intent of this package is to set up a local > web interface as essentially a cheap form of GUI to control a local daemon > on the system, which is an interesting problem for which Debian does not > currently have good infrastructure support.
well, you could always add a name pointing to 127.0.0.1 in some DNS zone you control, and then use this name for the package virtual host. No need to edit the local /etc/hosts then as long as the system can access the DNS (which of course may be a false assumption, but at least not violating any policy requirements). Bjørn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878vyrx0vk....@nemi.mork.no
