----- >Package: imp >Version: 1:2.2.0.pre5-9.2 >Severity: Critical > >extremely evil misuse of debconf results in hand-edited changes to imp's >config file being blown away by the postinst script. > >HAND-EDITED CONFIGURATION FILES SHOULD NEVER BE BLOWN AWAY BY ANY >CONFIGURATOR SCRIPT. EVER. FOR ANY REASON. > >at the very least, they should ask for permission first. > >this bug highlights a very serious flaw in debconf - not in the design, >but in the manner in which it can be misused by a package maintainer. >blowing away custom edits is evil and should be forbidden by policy. -----------------
defaults.php3 is not a conffile. And notice was made using debconf's facility as a note to state this to the end user that the defaults file is now rebuilt automatically each time it is installed...and that a backup was made prior to this. The package does follow policy in this manner. Just because I haven't had the chance to finish my configuration pieces of it and work out other bugs doesn't mean I'm not following policy. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
