At present the openssh-server and openssh-client packages are altering /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config without prompting the user beforehand, even when they've been locally modified. I've pointed section § 10.7.3 of Debian Policy:
• local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade (Appendix E also discusses this which I saw later) however the argument being made now is that "the particular section of the config being altered wasn't changed by the user". I have a problem with this argument because if a config file is changed on the user without prompting even after modification, that means that the user has lost control over their own config files unless they've altered /every/ setting... and there are yes/no settings in those files. This is the current bug (severity serious): https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780797 and the changes made were requested in a wishlist bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765633 -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
