Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-29 Thread Frank Küster
tags 404861 -moreinfo thanks Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > IMHO, comments should >>> > be preserved, >>> >>> Often this is possible using sed on the configuration file. >> >> The thing is, upstream provides a quite complicated perl sc

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-29 Thread Frank Küster
Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > IMHO, comments should >> > be preserved, >> >> Often this is possible using sed on the configuration file. > > The thing is, upstream provides a quite complicated perl script to > handle the upgrades; and that script is pretty good at doing that, > a

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-29 Thread Frank Küster
severity 404861 important tags 404861 moreinfo thanks Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If really you can't preserve the comments, it must be said at the >> beginning of the configuration file. > > That would also be a good idea. > > In summary, I think that wwwoffle's handling of wwwo

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-29 Thread Paul Slootman
severity 404861 important thanks On Fri 29 Dec 2006, Frank K?ster wrote: > Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2006-12-28 21:03:57 +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > >> This is I think a question of interpretation; > >> if the local change modifies the way the package works in any way,

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-29 Thread Frank Küster
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-12-28 21:03:57 +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: >> This is I think a question of interpretation; >> if the local change modifies the way the package works in any way, then >> I agree; but a comment?! Where does it end? Do you want upgrades to >> pre

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-28 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2006-12-28 21:03:57 +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > This is I think a question of interpretation; > if the local change modifies the way the package works in any way, then > I agree; but a comment?! Where does it end? Do you want upgrades to > preserve the mtime of the configuration file as well?

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-28 Thread Paul Slootman
On Thu 28 Dec 2006, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > The upgrade from wwwoffle 2.9-2 to 2.9a-1 overwrote a local change in > /etc/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf (at least a comment I had added at the end > of the file, which disappeared). > > Section 10.7.3 of the Debian policy says: > > local changes must be

Bug#404861: upgrade to wwwoffle 2.9a-1 overwrote local change in wwwoffle.conf

2006-12-28 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: wwwoffle Version: 2.9a-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 10.7.3 The upgrade from wwwoffle 2.9-2 to 2.9a-1 overwrote a local change in /etc/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf (at least a comment I had added at the end of the file, which disappeared). Section 10.7.3 of the Debian policy says: