Hi Arno, * Arno Töll <a...@debian.org> [140713 13:25]: > [..] > > To summarize the bug reports: The problem is, that Apache package > maintainers at that time decided, that third party modules shall depend > on apache2.2-common, by guaranteeing ABIs remain stable as long as the > package name does not change. [..] Unfortunately, > apache2.2-common also contains conffiles and configuration file handling > in postinst/postrm ... > > I spent a lot of time to properly transition to a new state with > conffiles/configuration separated from ABI handling, and this works well > enough for regular updates by now. > > Unfortunately it turns out, that /a lot/ of people use "aptitude > --purge-unused safe-upgrade", or the apt equivalent "apt-get > dist-upgrade --purge" which causes dpkg to purge the user's > configuration, in particular enabled modules, during the upgrade because > apache2.2-common disappears in that step. Those people end up with > effects as described in the bugs outlined above, for example with > incomplete installations because our maintainer scripts had no chance to > properly detect the state of the /etc/apache2 directory before the upgrade. > > This gives us three possibilities which all have unwanted side effects > (unless you come up with an idea that all of us makes happy). I'm > writing to this list in hope that someone has a very smart idea to make > everyone happy, or express your support for either alternative to give > us some insights what people think would be the best alternative. > > * Ignore the problem, and refer to the manpage of aptitude without > proper fix etc. which clearly says "THIS OPTION CAN CAUSE DATA LOSS! DO > NOT USE IT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING". The bad news is, we > can't tell this before it's too late, such as in a NEWS file - and we > know, everybody reads release notes too, right? I'm expressing support for this, and/or your second option. Any non-trivial setup will need config changes anyway, and any sane person already uses version control for /etc + config management for such setups.
C. -- ,''`. Christian Hofstaedtler <z...@debian.org> : :' : Debian Developer `. `' 7D1A CFFA D9E0 806C 9C4C D392 5C13 D6DB 9305 2E03 `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140717012128.gb17...@sx.home.zeha.at
