Your message dated Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:51:37 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration
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regarding pdnsd: package update overrides configuration
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Package: pdnsd
Version: 1.2.7-par-1
Severity: serious
pdnsd stopped responding to requests from tap0 interface after the
package was updated. It appears to be a direct result of Debian policy
violations.
> 10.7.2 Location
>
> Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside
> in /etc. If there are several, consider creating a subdirectory of
> /etc named after your package.
>
> If your package creates or uses configuration files outside of /etc,
> and it is not feasible to modify the package to use /etc directly,
> put the files in /etc and create symbolic links to those files from
> the location that the package requires.
pdnsd uses `/usr/share/pdnsd/pdnsd-resolvconf.conf'. To complicate the
matters, there _is_ `/etc/pdnsd.conf' file, ignored by default package
installation. I am sure that many new pdnsd users edit this file and
are a bit surprised to see no result.
> 10.7.3 Behavior
>
> Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior:
>
> * local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade, and
>
> * configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed,
> and only deleted when the package is purged.
My /usr/share/pdnsd/pdnsd-resolvconf.conf was silently overwritten
during package update. All local changes[1] were discarded.
[1] server_ip = any; // access restricted by firewall rules
(That is why tap0 interface got no responses.)
IMO, pdnsd should use /etc/pdnsd.conf by default and preserve local
changes to it.
Thank you.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages pdnsd depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.25 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Versions of packages pdnsd recommends:
ii resolvconf 1.43 name server information handler
pdnsd suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* pdnsd/conf: Use resolvconf
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> > 10.7.2 Location
> >
> > Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside
> > in /etc. If there are several, consider creating a subdirectory of
> > /etc named after your package.
> >
> > If your package creates or uses configuration files outside of /etc,
> > and it is not feasible to modify the package to use /etc directly,
> > put the files in /etc and create symbolic links to those files from
> > the location that the package requires.
>
> pdnsd uses `/usr/share/pdnsd/pdnsd-resolvconf.conf'. To complicate the
> matters, there _is_ `/etc/pdnsd.conf' file, ignored by default package
> installation. I am sure that many new pdnsd users edit this file and
> are a bit surprised to see no result.
pdnsd proposes two default really usual configs in /usr/share that are
_not_ conffiles as per debian policy. You're free to chose "manual"
setting of pdnsd and use the default /etc/pdnsd.conf file. You're of
course free to create it from the ones in /usr/share/pdnsd if you want
to.
> > 10.7.3 Behavior
> >
> > Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior:
> >
> > * local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade, and
> >
> > * configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed,
> > and only deleted when the package is purged.
I pretty much know the policy and your changes to /etc/pdnsd.conf that
_IS_ the conffile won't be touched.
If you select manual setting in /etc/default/pdnsd by setting AUTO_MODE
to "" or using dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd, you'll be done with it.
Note that the debconf question is of "high" level so it's really
unlikely you didn't read it, and the template reads:
----8<----
- Manual : completely manual configuration. The pdnsd daemon
will not start until you edit /etc/pdnsd.conf and
/etc/default/pdnsd.
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IOW the packaging feature is totally documented.
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