On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 09:57:27PM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
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."
This is a non sense, the 4 series is proposing a relevant change to the
system, that is having all services off in that stupid file (the previous
insane default was having the system in client+broadcast mode). The simple
mechanism of conffiles can only undestand if the new default is different
from the current file, not if the user maintained that on purpose or not.
So a the question IS relevant.
The whole wide changes are explained in the NEWS file and a sane admin will
prefer to have all services stopped and act for the better.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
