Bug#430842: stores run-time data in /etc

2007-07-02 Thread Mário Meyer
I've been looking into it.. The big problem here seems to be that the "no-ip -C" that asks questions and generates the binary config file actually talks to no-ip's server during the configuration and shows the domains associated with your user account. I can think of a few ways for doing this: -

Bug#430842: stores run-time data in /etc

2007-06-27 Thread Otavio Salvador
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.06.27.1847 +0200]: >> I agree on it but I lack the time to work on that. >> >> If I move it to git and collab-maint, can you help me on it? > > I don't have much more time myself, really. I just wa

Bug#430842: stores run-time data in /etc

2007-06-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.06.27.1847 +0200]: > I agree on it but I lack the time to work on that. > > If I move it to git and collab-maint, can you help me on it? I don't have much more time myself, really. I just wanted to file the bug to record the problem. I'll kee

Bug#430842: stores run-time data in /etc

2007-06-27 Thread Otavio Salvador
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suggest using debconf (#328842) to get answers to the questions > asked by -C, then to feed those to no-ip and tell it to generate > a file in /var/lib instead. I agree on it but I lack the time to work on that. If I move it to git and collab-maint

Bug#430842: stores run-time data in /etc

2007-06-27 Thread martin f krafft
Package: no-ip Version: 2.1.1-4 Severity: serious no-ip uses /etc/no-ip.conf, which is (a) a binary file, and (b) written to by the daemon during run-time. It's not a configuration file in the Unix sense and thus must not live in /etc. I suggest using debconf (#328842) to get answers to the quest