retitle 412185 postinst script overwrites /etc/default/atftpd, inetd.conf thanks
Hi, This bug also applies to dpkg-reconfigure. It can easily be fixed by changing /etc/default/atftpd to something like this: # NOTE: USE_INETD and OPTIONS will be overwritten during an upgrade or when # doing "dpkg-reconfigure atftpd". Only use USER_OPTIONS to specify custom # options. USER_OPTIONS="" USE_INETD=... OPTIONS="... $USER_OPTIONS" Now, postinst could do something like: ( grep -E -v '^(USE_INETD=|OPTIONS=)' /etc/default/atftpd echo "USE_INETD=..." echo "OPTIONS=\"... \$USER_OPTIONS\"" ) > /etc/default/atftpd This way the user may specify custom options that will not be overwritten by the postinst script and there's a big fat warning that parts of the file might get changed automatically. I'm not quite sure how to solve this for inetd.conf though... HTH, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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