Package: notmuch-web Version: 0.2.0-2+b1 The README says:
When launching the notmuch-web binary, it expects several files to be located in one subdirectory of the current directory. No other configuration or install is needed, so you can copy the notmuch-web binary and this folders anywhere, even deploy on computers with no Haskell installed. _Note: in versions of notmuch-web before 0.2.0 there was a second folder which can be deleted when you upgrade; see the Changelog._ The required folder is named `config` and must be in the current directory. But after some time trying to figure out why I couldn't get a password configured to work, I noticed this from strace: 8852 open("/etc/notmuch-web/settings.yml", O_RDONLY) = 7 which led me to this: debian/patches/config-in-etc Perhaps the changed behavior should be mentioned in a README.Debian -- I looked for one originally, and when I didn't find it, assumed the upstream docs would be authoritative. And if this change means that a normal user can't configure/run their own notmuch-web, then perhaps the patch should be removed, or some other arrangements made. I also wonder if it makes sense to have a system-wide notmuch-web. As far as I know, notmuch and notmuch-web really have to be run per-user -- if so, then I'd be inclined to just drop the patch, leaving less deviation from upstream. Oh, and I noticed that with the current package, the (hashed) passwords are in a file that's world-readable. I thought I'd mention it in case that hadn't been vetted. Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2011-07-10 E6A9 DA3C C9FD 1FF8 C676 D2C4 C0F0 39E9 ED1B 597A GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org