Re: Bug#780797: Package modifying a user-modified config file? [Bug #780797]

2015-03-21 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2015-03-21 13:14:08 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Chris Knadle writes: > > > At present the openssh-server and openssh-client packages are > > altering /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config without > > prompting the user beforehand, even when they've been locally > > modified. I've poin

Re: Bug#780797: Package modifying a user-modified config file? [Bug #780797]

2015-03-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Vincent Lefevre writes: > On 2015-03-21 13:14:08 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Correct. The Policy statement is about preserving user changes, not >> about never touching any file that a user has modified in any way. The >> package is free to modify unchanged portions of the configuration file,

Re: Bug#780797: Package modifying a user-modified config file? [Bug #780797]

2015-03-22 Thread James Cloos
I didn't read much of this thread at it occurred; am catching up now. It is absolutely and unquestionably essential that no file in /etc which has *any* local modifications ever be edited on package upgrade w/o the admin's consent. Adding users and groups on install is one thing, editing a locall

Re: Bug#780797: Package modifying a user-modified config file? [Bug #780797]

2015-03-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 04:01:30PM -0400, James Cloos wrote: > I didn't read much of this thread at it occurred; am catching up now. > > It is absolutely and unquestionably essential that no file in /etc which > has *any* local modifications ever be edited on package upgrade w/o the > admin's cons