Bug#407538: netbase: /etc/networks should not be a conffile

2007-01-24 Thread Frans Pop
> *If* d-i really creates /etc/networks then we actually have a problem, > but I cannot find it on a newly-installed etch system. > Can somebody authoritatively confirm or deny this? Hmm. CCing d-boot when asking such questions would be appreciated (and help getting authoritative answers :-) net

Bug#407538: netbase: /etc/networks should not be a conffile

2007-01-23 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jan 19, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is exactly what this bug is about. I installed my system three > > days ago, on 2007-01-16, using the daily build netinst.iso and I > > did not create /etc/networks myself. My IP is static if

Bug#407538: netbase: /etc/networks should not be a conffile

2007-01-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 19, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is exactly what this bug is about. I installed my system three > days ago, on 2007-01-16, using the daily build netinst.iso and I > did not create /etc/networks myself. My IP is static if you want > to reproduce it (so I said no to DHCP et

Bug#407538: netbase: /etc/networks should not be a conffile

2007-01-19 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jan 19, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is also a conflict of interest with debian-installer, > > who created this file. > > *If* d-i really creates /etc/networks then we actually have a problem, This is exactly what this bug is abo

Bug#407538: netbase: /etc/networks should not be a conffile

2007-01-19 Thread Santiago Vila
Package: netbase Version: 4.28 Severity: serious I see that /etc/networks has been added to netbase as a conffile. This is very very bad, as policy says the conffile mechanism should only be used when there is a default which may be used by everybody. My /etc/networks was like this: localnet 15

Bug#407538: netbase: /etc/networks should not be a conffile

2007-01-19 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 19, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is very very bad, as policy says the conffile mechanism should > only be used when there is a default which may be used by everybody. The default entries look reasonably generic to me. > My /etc/networks was like this: > > localnet 158.