Excerpts from Philipp Huebner's message of april 16, 2018 9:38 am:
On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:39:14 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote:The file /etc/default/ejabberd is registered as a conffile, but is also manipulated using ucf in postinst script. That is illegal, according to Policy § 10.7.3thanks for pointing this out!However, this is rather unfortunate, the current setup has been well tested and in use for ages.Do you have an idea on how to achieve this in a policy-conform way?Not touching ejabberd.yml would mean to remove the debconf templates for configuring ejabberd, not declaring ejabberd.yml a conffile would mean putting in some extra effort for handling changes. Are non-conffiles even allowed in /etc ?
Debian Policy distinguishes between "configuration file" and "conffile" and describes, particular at §10.7.3, how to handle either. I believe the first step is to *not* ship the configuration file below /etc if it should not be a conffile ("man dh_installdeb" documents how any file below /etc shipped with a package is registered as a conffile).
"man ucf" contains some documentation on transitioning from conffile to non-conffile. I believe that involves collecting md5sums of most possible previous pristine states (i.e. configfile as shipped unedited with the package) as possible.
Hope that helps, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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