Package: sks
Version: 1.1.6-13+b1
Severity: normal
an SKS operator using the debian package who wants to present a
different front-facing webpage (the webform that a visitor sees upon
visiting http://foo.example:11371/ ) than the default has to modify
/var/lib/sks/www/index.html
however, that file is:
* overwritten by an upgrade to the sks package
* not a configfile
As a workaround, administrators can use dpkg-divert to move index.html
out of the way, and then store their own version in that place.
But this violates many assumptions about the FHS, and means that
administrators don't get the benefits of an upgraded index.html,
either.
However, it would be nice for the admin to be able to set some minor
piece of text and have it used in a stable place within that default
template, so that the admin could get the advantage of the upgrades,
while having a persistent place for customization. (maybe a new
option in sksconf?)
alternately, the debian packaging could ship this index.html as a
configfile, but configfile upgrades are kind of frustrating to deal
with -- i'd rather have fewer configfiles, rather than more, and a
drop-in templating system is easier for admins to maintain.
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing-debug
APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'),
(200, 'unstable-debug'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages sks depends on:
ii adduser 3.116
ii db-util 5.3.1
ii db5.3-util 5.3.28-13.1+b1
ii init-system-helpers 1.51
ii libc6 2.26-2
ii libdb5.3 5.3.28-13.1+b1
ii libgmp10 2:6.1.2+dfsg-1.1
ii lsb-base 9.20170808
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5
sks recommends no packages.
Versions of packages sks suggests:
ii logrotate 3.11.0-0.1
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.2.4-1
pn procmail <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sks/sksconf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
