On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 02:38:09PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote:
> On 2007-02-05 Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> > Package: mysql-server-5.0
> > Version: 5.0.32-3
> > Severity: serious

> > mysql-server-5.0's postinst modifies /etc/mysql/my.cnf to add/change the
> > old_passwd setting, in violation of policy 10.7.3 and 10.7.4.

> But it explicitly asks the user if it may do so via Debconf. I guess that's
> more convenient than letting the user do it himself.

It's still a policy violation, and for a reason.

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