Your message dated Thu, 22 Aug 2019 01:47:16 +0000 with message-id <e1i0cc4-0004mf...@fasolo.debian.org> and subject line Bug#935232: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #695121, regarding kppp not resolvconf-aware; appears to clobber /etc/resolvconf to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: kppp Version: 4.8.4-1 Severity: important Looking at the kdenetwork 4.8.4-1 source code I see the following code snippets in kppp/connect.cpp starting at line 1419: // Replace the DNS domain entry in the /etc/resolv.conf file and // disable the nameserver entries if option is enabled void add_domain(const QString &domain) { // adds the DNS entries in the /etc/resolv.conf file void adddns() { // remove the dns entries from the /etc/resolv.conf file void removedns() { The code inside the functions writes directly to /etc/resolv.conf. Nowhere is there a check for the presence of /sbin/resolvconf. When /sbin/resolvconf is present and executable it is not permitted to write directly to /etc/resolv.conf. Programs that want to make changes to resolv.conf must interface with /sbin/resolvconf which takes care of adding material to and removing material from resolv.conf. Please see /usr/share/doc/resolvconf/README.gz for more instructions. It looks as if kppp writes to /etc/resolv.conf and does not mv /etc/resolv.conf. So if /etc/resolv.conf is a symbolic link, as is normally the case when resolvconf is installed, then kppp will write through the link to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. Then the next time resolvconf updates this file, kppp's changes will be obliterated. I haven't tested kppp so I don't know whether the code in question is actually executed.
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 4:17.08.3-1+rm Dear submitter, as the package kppp has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/935232 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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