Package: uptimed Version: 1:0.3.16-3.1 Severity: grave Justification: causes data loss
I upgraded to uptimed 1:0.3.16-3.1 on my second laptop (see bug #573232). I did so via SSH and forgot the SSH connection while login out and in to my KDE 4.4.1 desktop on my first notebook. I had a dpkg and a debconf process hanging around without accessible terminal, so I send them a SIGTERM. Then I did a dpkg --configure -a followed from a dpkg-reconfigure uptimed in order to adjust the maxrecords setting from 25 to 0 (unlimited). Cause I didn't see the uptimed update since I didn't watch the last output of the SSH connection. Thus I thought it might come with some due to the interruption possibly not updated packages and wanted to play it safe regarding bug #573232. dpkg-reconfigure told me the package was not installed completely. Thus I did a aptitude reinstall uptimed. And then it silently overwrote the config file /etc/uptimed.conf with maxrecords set to 25 and uptimed truncated the records database on this laptop as well. Fortunately I made a backup before. I know that this is not the "proper" way to update a package, but even when I dpkg --remove'd it and installed it again, it should not overwrite a pre-existing configuration file without asking. Since I do not remember having been asked about overwriting the config file on updating uptimed on my first notebook, I suspect that the package just silently overwrites the config file on updates as well. This leads to data loss, when one changed the maxrecords settings in the config file without using dpkg-reconfigure uptimed. I selected non-serious data loss, since there is no option in reportbug to select serious data loss. I manually edited the Justification field to "causes data loss" this time. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (450, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.8-tp23-toi-3.0.99.49 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages uptimed depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libuptimed0 1:0.3.16-3.1 Library for uptimed uptimed recommends no packages. uptimed suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * uptimed/mail/do_mail: Both * uptimed/mail/address: r...@localhost * uptimed/interval: 43200 * uptimed/mail/milestones_info: * uptimed/maxrecords: 25 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
