On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 13:40:21 +1100, Brian May wrote:
> > We really need a constant way of dealing with this in package updates.
> >
> > It seems to boil down to:
> >
> > * should packages disable inetd config entries on removal and in
> > preparation for upgrade, and then reenable the entries after upgrade
> > is complete?
>
> I agree with Andreas, if you don't have to change the current entry I
> don't see the point in enabling and disabling it. And I'm removing the
> entries on package removal.
Part of the problem is that kerberos destroys my configuration on
upgrades from sarge. Whatever I had configured, after upgrade the
package is disabled. This is how this whole thing started out. And
that bug is still not fixed.
> > * what about entries that should be disabled by default? That is the
> > maintainer has decided the majority of users will not need it?
>
> I'm installing entries disabled by default, and although my current
> approach feels a bit dirty, seems to work. For example the snippets
> for inetutils-telnetd:
Asking debconf questions whether the entry should be removed when the
package is removed/purged certainly feels like debconf abuse. It should
either disable or remove them. No point in asking.
Also, your current approach results in ugly duplicate lines:
| intrepid:~# grep telnetd /etc/inetd.conf
| telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd telnetd
| intrepid:~# dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/inetutils-telnetd_2%3a1.5.dfsg.1-2_i386.deb
| (Reading database ... 124130 files and directories currently installed.)
| Preparing to replace inetutils-telnetd 2:1.5.dfsg.1-2 (using
.../inetutils-telnetd_2%3a1.5.dfsg.1-2_i386.deb) ...
| Unpacking replacement inetutils-telnetd ...
| Setting up inetutils-telnetd (1.5.dfsg.1-2) ...
|
| intrepid:~# grep telnetd /etc/inetd.conf
| telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd telnetd
| #<off># telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd
telnetd
Peter
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