On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:57:14PM +0200, Arjan Oosting wrote:
> Hi Francesco
> 
> Op za, 30-09-2006 te 09:09 +0200, schreef Francesco Paolo Lovergine:
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 07:13:28PM +0200, Arjan Oosting wrote:
> > > tag 388647 patch
> > > tag 375017 patch
> > > usertag 388647 supplied-patch
> > > usertag 375017 supplied-patch
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have prepared a NMU for these two bugs. As I am no DD I can not do the
> > > upload myself, but here is the patch anyway.
> > > 
> > > Greetings Arjan
> > > 
> > >  #!/bin/sh -e
> > >  
> > > -if [ "$1" = "purge" -o "$1" = "remove" ]
> > > +if [ "$1" = "remove" -o "$1" = "disappear" ]
> > 
> > Don't do that. Removing of the user should be done on purge only, not
> > on a simple removing. 
> 
> Which user? The postrm script does not remove any user It removes the
> registration of proftpd from inetd when the package is removed or
> completely overwritten. As in both cases proftpd is not installed
> anymore the entry can be removed from inetd's configuration as inetd can
> not start proftpd at that moment. 
> 

I confused one issue with another, my fault...

> 
> > Also pcap support should be better managed at upstream
> > level and is a security concerned issue, did you try the patch not only for 
> > building up, 
> > but in run-time too?
> 
> No I don't have a GNU/kFreeBSD machine, so I have not tested this. I
> used ntp as example package for this, which also can not use libcap on
> non linux architectures. I thought this was a simple patch to include in
> the NMU, but if you think it is inappropriate feel free to upload a new
> version which calls me stupid and removes this part again ;-) 
> 
> > BTW, a proper NMU is allowed only for RC bugs, else
> > patches to merge to the maintainer tree suffice.
> 
> I am sorry, I did not want to step on your toes. It seemed like a simple
> patch to included as an upload was done anyway.

Sorry, i missed the RC bugs in my incoming mail due some stupid anti-spam
filter around, you're welcome. I would check the kFreeBSD thing with
upstream for safety. Other changes are ok AFAIK but I need to merge
them with my tree for other issues...

-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine


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