Fixing src:ucf environmnent variable insecurity in [old]stable

Hello, I recently completed salvaging of src:ucf[1]. As part of code cleanup I discovered a variable inherited from the environment which is then passed to eval[2]. Unintended code execution is trivial to demonstrate. To my mind, this is a coding oversight. As the patch in #1089015 shows, the fi

Bug#1068245: ITP: iwgtk -- lightweight graphical frontend to iwd

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hindley X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: iwgtk Version : 0.9 Upstream Contact: Jesse Lentz * URL : https://github.com/J-Lentz/iwgtk * License : GPL3+ Programming Lang: C Description

Policy consensus on transition when removing initscripts.

ian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=945269;filename=0001-Define-service-directories-and-tmpfiles.d-interfaces.patch;msg=160 -- Mark Hindley GPG: 506C 15A4 2B0A F5A0 A854 23EE D28A 45BF 3287 D649 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Upgrade package from init script to Systemd, move config folder

lsa.debian.org/matthew/orphan-sysvinit-scripts/-/blob/master/README.org -- Mark Hindley GPG: 506C 15A4 2B0A F5A0 A854 23EE D28A 45BF 3287 D649

Bug#1016038: ITP: sysd-openrc -- Translator to convert systemd units to openrc scripts.

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hindley X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, m...@kayg.org, ope...@packages.debian.org sysvi...@packages.debian.org * Package name: sysd-openrc Version : Unversioned upstream Upstream Author : K Gopal Krishna * URL

Bug#1006977: ITP: open-plc-tools -- Toolkit for powerline network adapters with Atheros chipsets

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hindley * Package name: open-plc-tools Version : 0.0.6 Upstream Author : Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. * URL : https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils * License : Clear BSD Programming Lang: C Description : Toolkit

Bug#976048: ITP: seatd -- Minimal user, seat and session management daemon

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hindley * Package name: seatd Version : 0.4.0 Upstream Author : Kenny Levinsen * URL : https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd * License : Expat Programming Lang: C Description : Flexible user, seat and

Re: Bug#905388: Devuan has working packages, but they need work wrt systemd

owner ! retitle ITP: elogind -- The systemd project's "logind", extracted to a standalone package thanks I am working on packaging elogind 239.1 for Debian based on my work for Devuan, so I am happy to take ownership of this bug. The WIP git repro is at https://git.devuan.org/LeePen/elogind/tre

Re: Migrating away from ucf without dpkg prompting

Steve, Many thanks for your input on this. On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:52:24AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > And dropping ucf handling is certainly not required for addressing Policy > 4.1.3 compatibility, which is what you mention in the changelog. > > Why do you think it's necessary here to re

Migrating away from ucf without dpkg prompting

Hello, I am working on fixing bug #905178 which is caused by moving away from using ucf to manage /etc/default/apt-cacher back to handling it as a standard dpkg conffile. I have a working solution which avoids unnecessary prompting. This is to remove the ucf version of the file in the preinst unl

Re: Re: Standards 4.1.3 and apt-cacher

> It is a bit overzealous, but I think you have another problem. Your package > will override local admin on upgrades (if they changed the config manually) by > calling update-rc.d and update-inetd. I think you need to change it to not do > so. I don't know much about update-inetd but the pattern

Standards 4.1.3 and apt-cacher

Hello, I am trying to upgrade apt-cacher to Standards version 4.1.3. In particular using DISABLED=yes|no in /etc/defaults is now prohibited. apt-cacher can be run as a daemon or from /etc/inetd.conf and this configuration is set in response to a debconf question. I have a working version of the

Re: Bug#365995: ITP: pfm -- Postgresql client application using Tcl/Tk to design forms to input data and link between related tables allowing easy navigation within a database.

On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:39:30AM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Mark Hindley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sorry! Other details should read: * Package name: pfm Version : 1.2.5 Upstream Author : Willem Herrem

Bug#365995: ITP: pfm -- Postgresql client application using Tcl/Tk to design forms to input data and link between related tables allowing easy navigation within a database.

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hindley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: pfm Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.example.org/ * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.) Description