This is actually done already in apport for all apport-package bug reports:
def attach_conffiles(report, package, conffiles=None): '''Attach information about any modified or deleted conffiles''' try: dpkg = subprocess.Popen(['dpkg-query','-W','--showformat=${Conffiles}', package], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, close_fds=True) except OSError, e: return 'Error: ' + str(e) out = dpkg.communicate()[0] if dpkg.returncode != 0: return for line in out.splitlines(): if not line: continue # just take the first two fields, to not stumble over obsolete # conffiles path, default_md5sum = line.strip().split()[:2] if conffiles and path not in conffiles: continue key = 'modified.conffile.' + path_to_key(path) if os.path.exists(path): contents = open(path).read() m = hashlib.md5() m.update(contents) calculated_md5sum = m.hexdigest() if calculated_md5sum != default_md5sum: report[key] = contents statinfo = os.stat(path) mtime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(statinfo.st_mtime) mtime_key = 'mtime.conffile.' + path_to_key(path) report[mtime_key] = mtime.isoformat() else: report[key] = '[deleted]' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/803963 Title: apport should always check if a package's conffiles are modified To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/803963/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs