Package: rkhunter Version: 1.2.7-13 Severity: wishlist
Subject: rkhunter: postinst-script depends on "in-place" flag of sed Package: rkhunter Version: 1.2.7-13 Severity: minor the postinst-script of this package contains "sed -i" (for in-place replacement); while this is of course valid, it prevents the package from being installed on woody systems i know that this package is currently in sid and will never go to sarge, not to speak of woody; however, since the use of new features of sed (i guess, "-i" was introduced with sed-4.0 and woody is using sed-3.1) is the only reason why i cannot install the package on older systems, i would highly appreciate if this could be changed. i normally use something like: TEMPFILE=`/bin/tempfile` sed $file -e '...' > $TEMPFILE cat $TEMPFILE > $file rm $TEMPFILE (but since i am no vulnerability guru, i am not sure how secure this solution is, and what would be better...) anyhow, looking through the postinst script, i also noticed that you are checking for the existance of a file named $CF, but then you are manipulating a file named $DF is this a typo (or is it just my ignorance off the postinstall-process)? if so, i guess this bug-report should have a higher priority than "minor" mfg.asd.r IOhannes -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages rkhunter depends on: ii debconf [debconf 1.4.58 Debian configuration management sy ii file 4.12-1 Determines file type using "magic" ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent ii wget 1.10.1-1 retrieves files from the web rkhunter recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages rkhunter depends on: ii debconf [debconf 1.4.58 Debian configuration management sy ii file 4.12-1 Determines file type using "magic" ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent ii wget 1.10.1-1 retrieves files from the web rkhunter recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
