Upstream has changed the location for the mumble-server.ini file from
/etc/ to /etc/mumble/ which I'm assuming is why this is happening.
Somehow the logic the package install is currently configured for
probably misses this case, and I'll need to figure out how to handle it.
I also missed this email for a couple of weeks -- I just realized that I
might be able to create a Sieve rule to catch mumble bugs sent to the
mailing list and copy them to my Debian-Bugs folder so that I'll be able
to catch them quicker.
Thank you for the links to the policy and hints on how this bug might be
addressed. https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling in particular
discusses moving a conffile which is what I think I need.
-- Chris
--
Chris Knadle
chris.kna...@coredump.us
On 5/13/24 12:19, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
Package: mumble-server
Version: 1.5.517-2
Severity: serious
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed the piuparts
upgrade test because dpkg detected a conffile as being modified and then
prompted the user for an action. As there is no user input, this fails.
But this is not the real problem, the real problem is that this prompt
shows up in the first place, as there was nobody modifying this conffile
at all, the package has just been installed and upgraded...
This is a violation of policy 10.7.3, see
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#behavior,
which says "[These scripts handling conffiles] must not ask unnecessary
questions (particularly during upgrades), and must otherwise be good
citizens."
https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling should help with figuring
out how to do this properly.
In https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00675.html and
followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with
severity serious.
From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
Setting up mumble-server (1.5.517-2) ...
Configuration file '/etc/mumble/mumble-server.ini'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** mumble-server.ini (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing
package mumble-server (--configure):
end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
cheers,
Andreas
