Debian Bug report logs - #4319
netbase and netstd packages overwrite config-files

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Stefan Petters <Stefan.Petters@lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>

Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:18:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>:
Bug#4319; Package netstd and netbase. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Stefan Petters <Stefan.Petters@lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>. (full text, mbox, link).


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

From: Stefan Petters <Stefan.Petters@lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Cc: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
Subject: netbase and netstd packages overwrite config-files
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 16:59:54 +0200 (MET DST)
Package: netstd and netbase

Upgrade from version 2.03-1 (each) to version netbase-2.04-1 netstd-2.06-1

Hi,

during the upgrade vom version 2.03-1 from netbase and netstd to
netbase-2.04-1 netstd-2.06-1 a number of config files were overwritten
without my confirmation and even without informing me. There were:

netbase:
	/etc/hosts.deny
	/etc/hosts.allow
	
netstd:
	/etc/hosts.equiv
	/etc/diphosts
	/etc/exports
	/etc/init.d/netstd_nfs
	/etc/init.d/netstd_misc

There may be more, which I didn't find since they aren't needed on my
systems. Especially the /etc/hosts.deny is very annoying, since I've to
admin a system of several Linices which are directly connected to the
internet and I don't want my boxes to stand wide open to several attacks (I
know you can't get it water proof if your connected to the net, but it
doesn't have to be that easy to get me wasting my time in recovering the
machines).

If I remeber right, there was a question like ``Do you want our new
config-files to be installed (y/n)?'' in several packages installing things
in /etc and /etc/init.d which was a good thing. Additional there were
backups build like fiename.{debian|dpkg-old} to recover changes made.

Is there any chance the packages are constructed that way again?

[BTW] Thanks for providing debian at all. I had experiance with a
slackware--system before I changed my systems to debian, and it's much
easier to admin debian but my old slackware.

Regards
	Stefan.
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Bug reassigned from package `netstd and netbase' to `dpkg'. Request was from "Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `netbase'. Request was from Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `netbase' to `dpkg'. Request was from Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#4319; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #16 received at 4319@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
Cc: 4319@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Processed: dpkg bug severities
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 97 18:15 BST
Peter Tobias writes ("Re: Processed: dpkg bug severities"):
> On Sep 5, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > reassign 4319 netbase
> > Bug#4319: netbase and netstd packages overwrite config-files
> > Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `netbase'.
> 
> I beg your pardon but why did you do that? I've reassigned it to
> dpkg because dpkg overwrote the _conffiles_. These files are marked
> as conffiles in netbase, dpkg has to take care of these files and
> has to make sure that they're not overwritten (except for the case
> where the conffiles is unchanged).
> 
> I'll reassign it to dpkg.

Err, I'm sorry if I've offended you.  My interpretation of the bug was
that these files had been touched by maintainer scripts, perhaps as
well as having been marked as conffiles.  Is that not the case ?

I would be sceptical of claims that they were marked as conffiles, and
only part of one package, and not touched by maintainer scripts, but
still had changes overwritten at upgrade.

If you think, given the evidence in the user's report, that this was
the case then it would be a bug in dpkg and we should get them to give
us what more information they can (at this rather late stage,
unfortunately).

I've removed the CC to <owner@bugs.debian.org> - that also goes to Guy
Maor, who probably isn't interested.

Ian.


Information forwarded to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#4319; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer):
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #21 received at 4319-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer)
To: 4319-maintonly@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Old bugs need to be looked at
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:22:32 +0100 (CET)
This is an automated message sent to all bugs older than one year.

This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it.
If it has already been fixed, please close it.

If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it,
please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that
at least the oldest bugs can be solved before Debian 2.0 is released.

Remco Blaakmeer


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


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


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


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