Debian Bug report logs - #29781
[FIXED] A fixed deliver package has already been installed

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Package: deliver; Maintainer for deliver is (unknown);

Reported by: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>

Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 19:48:05 UTC

Severity: fixed

Merged with 30289

Found in version 2.1.13-2

Done: Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, scott@debian.org (Scott K. Ellis):
Bug#29781; Package deliver. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to scott@debian.org (Scott K. Ellis). (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: deliver: uses wrong locking scheme
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:47:48 +0100
Package: deliver
Version: 2.1.13-2
Severity: critical

Deliver doesn't do dotlocking as per the Debian Policy guidelines.
This can (and will!) result in corrupted mailboxes and lost mail.
Deliver is perfectly capable of doing this but has been compiled with
the wrong options.

Please:

- turn on HAS_NFS in config.h
- turn on ML_DOTLOCK in conf/os-linux.h

Furthermore I think that in os-linux.h, LOCK_FLOCK should be turned
off. Perhaps it would be safe to compile with LOCK_LOCKF as well as
ML_DOTLOCK, since LOCK_LOCKF is Posix and more standard (and NFS
safe!) but I don't think it is nessecary to use 2 locking techniques.

Mike.
-- 
Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, scott@debian.org (Scott K. Ellis):
Bug#29781; Package deliver. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Scott Ellis <storm@gate.net>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to scott@debian.org (Scott K. Ellis). (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 29781@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Scott Ellis <storm@gate.net>
To: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>, 29781@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#29781: deliver: uses wrong locking scheme
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:24:40 -0500 (EST)
I'm currently unable to create and upload an updated package, please feel
free to do a NMU.  (for that matter, I don't use deliver anymore, so
anyone who is dying to adopt this away from me is more than welcome).

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> Package: deliver
> Version: 2.1.13-2
> Severity: critical
> 
> Deliver doesn't do dotlocking as per the Debian Policy guidelines.
> This can (and will!) result in corrupted mailboxes and lost mail.
> Deliver is perfectly capable of doing this but has been compiled with
> the wrong options.
> 
> Please:
> 
> - turn on HAS_NFS in config.h
> - turn on ML_DOTLOCK in conf/os-linux.h
> 
> Furthermore I think that in os-linux.h, LOCK_FLOCK should be turned
> off. Perhaps it would be safe to compile with LOCK_LOCKF as well as
> ML_DOTLOCK, since LOCK_LOCKF is Posix and more standard (and NFS
> safe!) but I don't think it is nessecary to use 2 locking techniques.

-- 
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net>                 http://www.gate.net/~storm/



Merged 29781 30289. Request was from Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Changed bug title. Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


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