I filed a bug against etherconf after rewriting my /etc/hostname
during an apt-get dist-upgrade on both Woody and Sid systems.
The installation scripts never asked me any question as this was not a
new installation.
Now the developer of the program closed the bug with the remark:
"This is not a bug; etherconf already behaves correctly if you tell
it not to touch your files."
My point is that I at least should then have an opportunity to "tell
it not to touch your files."
Am I the only user who experienced this problem?
To illustrate my problem I did a chattr +i /etc/hostname on my sid
machine (vreemdeling) and then:
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vreemdeling:~# apt-get install --reinstall etherconf
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0
not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/15.8kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 119906 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace etherconf 1.10 (using .../etherconf_1.10_all.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement etherconf ...
Setting up etherconf (1.10) ...
printf() on closed filehandle HOSTNAME at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/etherconf.postinst
line 55, <STDIN> line 4.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
device eth0 left promiscuous mode
eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 45e1.eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
device eth0 left promiscuous mode
localepurge: processing locale files ...
localepurge: processing man pages ...
vreemdeling:~#
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Regards.
Johann
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