Your message dated Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:47:31 +0000 with message-id <e1tetyf-0005bp...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#688682: fixed in dma 0.0.2010.06.17-14.1 has caused the Debian Bug report #688682, regarding dma: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/dma/dma.conf to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: dma Version: 0.0.2010.06.17-14 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package modifies conffiles. This is forbidden by the policy, see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files 10.7.3: "[...] The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration file a conffile. [...] This implies that the default version will be part of the package distribution, and must not be modified by the maintainer scripts during installation (or at any other time)." Note that once a package ships a modified version of that conffile, dpkg will prompt the user for an action how to handle the upgrade of this modified conffile (that was not modified by the user). Further in 10.7.3: "[...] must not ask unnecessary questions (particularly during upgrades) [...]" If a configuration file is customized by a maintainer script after having asked some debconf questions, it may not be marked as a conffile. Instead a template could be installed in /usr/share and used by the postinst script to fill in the custom values and create (or update) the configuration file (preserving any user modifications!). This file must be removed during postrm purge. ucf(1) may help with these tasks. See also http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling In https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/09/msg00412.html and followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with severity serious. debsums reports modification of the following files, from the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): /etc/dma/dma.conf cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: dma Source-Version: 0.0.2010.06.17-14.1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of dma, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 688...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Laszlo Kajan <lka...@rostlab.org> (supplier of updated dma package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:19:16 +0000 Source: dma Binary: dma dma-migrate Architecture: source amd64 Version: 0.0.2010.06.17-14.1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Michael Banck <mba...@debian.org> Changed-By: Laszlo Kajan <lka...@rostlab.org> Description: dma - lightweight mail transport agent dma-migrate - migration utility for the DragonFly Mail Agent's spool files Closes: 688682 Changes: dma (0.0.2010.06.17-14.1) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload. * Fixed 'modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/dma/dma.conf' Closes: #688682 Checksums-Sha1: 20f9cb969da10774fb6eebdbdccf88664e46e3e0 1368 dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1.dsc 4e664f8ca9d5d0eb4b6d446a67d7944f1443f041 36208 dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1.debian.tar.bz2 52a86cc5b7080b34de456486e86d1fb79038252d 56782 dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1_amd64.deb c0d137b85f16e07e0e5d83485bb4962474f05873 16336 dma-migrate_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1_amd64.deb Checksums-Sha256: 5c3fc34939b1022ffcfc8be1c88b8b9a90788676770dc54f61fafe37ca4d718f 1368 dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1.dsc 24edac4104873a799739af7ab51f96be0e88c5c0001fc46cfe30de478e5a2cd5 36208 dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1.debian.tar.bz2 20b185d6f84e6b651534127ff6e975136d49a7bb457983a0f0daa6dfdb671690 56782 dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1_amd64.deb 79e7d4fdf31ed67cd9536ba70eca6a4868786c5c3f91c9a501139591e13e04c6 16336 dma-migrate_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1_amd64.deb Files: c9fd41980217fc68026cb2192f6003e9 1368 mail optional dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1.dsc 6c5d562605f615f1d3522004d9dc5563 36208 mail optional dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1.debian.tar.bz2 a53fa6c78a62a6c2efbcf0edd1daebb0 56782 mail optional dma_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1_amd64.deb d007c866c8250f7a86636a7f37c5a426 16336 mail optional dma-migrate_0.0.2010.06.17-14.1_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlCzzZwACgkQmHaJYZ7RAb8b7QCgnCYeb9HRxo1Asg8L9/0gXufq ceMAn1HHYOpYL7sOGKfhN1DLYkzEXRcV =jSTF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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