Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: bullseye
User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org
Usertags: pu
X-Debbugs-Cc: a...@packages.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:aide
Dear stable releas team,
this pre-upload request for the aide package is filed to ask for
guidance whether this package is suitable for bullseye-proposed-updates.
I have never done this before and am open for suggestions to improve and
for documentation pointers.
A fixed package has recently migrated to testing, the corresponding
bookworm request is #1037945.
[ Reason ]
This update fixes #1037436, a "just" important bug that causes incorrect
processing of extended attributes on symlinks that are monitored by
aide. This is a fix suggested by upstream (who is also a DD).
[ Impact ]
Without this fix, Aide will wrongly process extended attributes for
the file a symlink points to, which is not the intended behavior. The
fixed aide will process the extended attributes of a symlink.
[ Tests ]
This bug is sadly not covered by automated tests. I created a symlink
with extended attributes pointing to a file with different extended
attributes and verified that actually the extended attributes of the
symlink show up in the database.
[ Risks ]
Risks are that I goofed up in the fixes.
[ Checklist ]
[X] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
[X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[X] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
[X] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable
[ Changes ]
commit b1d036a82a336836f05ed0d6dcb0b4bab6c7501f (HEAD -> bullseye)
Author: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de>
Date: Wed Jun 21 18:29:23 2023 +0200
prepare upload to bullseye
Git-Dch: ignore
commit 60e63ac4052724be4a2b078940e266e835e89bf7
Author: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de>
Date: Wed Jun 21 18:27:56 2023 +0200
refresh patch for bullseye
Git-Dch: ignore
commit f2912c100a5d3d9b37d4ab9318d5b8b9bf45025c
Author: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de>
Date: Wed Jun 14 04:15:51 2023 +0200
Fix handling of extended attributes on symlinks
Closes: #1037436
This fixes wrong behavior regarding extended attributes on symlinks.
Prior versions of aide would wrongly process the extended attributes
of the file a symlink points to. This fix makes aide correctly process
the extended attributes of the link itself, which is the intended
behavior.
The fix for extended attributes on symlinks might lead to reported
changed entries during the next AIDE run. You can use the
`report_ignore_changed_attrs` option (see aide.conf(5)) to ignore
changes of the xattrs attribute; but be aware that this will not
only exclude the expected changes (of the symlink files) but also
the unexpected changes (of other files).
[ Other info ]
source debdiff attached. A binary debdiff will be delivered on request.
Please indicate whether this package might be a valid candidate to be in
the next bullseye point release.
Greetings
Marc
