This would still be a useful change to have in bullseye. At the moment I just run this after installing mpt-status...
sed -n 's/^\(MAILTO=\|PERIOD=\|REMIND=\|RUN_DAEMON=\|ID=\)/#\1/p' /etc/init.d/mpt-statusd > /etc/default/mpt-statusd That way I have a slightly easier way of editing such options like MAILTO= (for which e-mail address to send alerts to) or ID= (for which RAID controller the service should watch) On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:49:58 +0000 Chris Lewis <cle...@inview.co.uk> wrote: > Package: mpt-status > Version: 1.2.0-7 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > It would be nice to have a /etc/default/mpt-statusd file created with #'d out > options > particularly the ID parameter for the controller. It would make setting up > the program > far more obvious. > > This would be a good template for it > > #MAILTO=root # Where to report problems > #PERIOD=600 # Seconds between each check (default 10 minutes) > #REMIND=7200 # Seconds between each reminder (default 2 hours) > #RUN_DAEMON=yes > #ID=0 > > > > Cheers! > > > *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > * What was the outcome of this action? > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > *** End of the template - remove these lines *** > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.8 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages mpt-status depends on: > ii daemon 0.6.4-1 > ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u8 > ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8+deb7u1 > > mpt-status recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages mpt-status suggests: > ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1+deb7u1 > > -- no debconf information > > -- Steven Maddox Lantizia
