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and subject line Bug#227885: fixed in tgif 1:4.2.2-4
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regarding tgif postinst should not modify conffiles
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Package: tgif
Version: 4.1.43-1
Severity: important
Every time we install tgif, dpkg complaints as follows:
Setting up tgif (4.1.43-1) ...
Configuration file `/etc/X11/app-defaults/Tgif'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** Tgif (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
I dislike to see and push "I" key everytime when I update tgif.
Even if we don't modify this file, this question is asked by dpkg.
This is because dpkg checks previous each conffile md5sum information,
and this file is modified something: actually by tgif postinst:
# now configure
db_get tgif/papersize
papersize=$RET
db_get tgif/gridunits
gridunits=$RET
# write out results
for bit in "" "/ja_JP.eucJP" "/ru"; do
file=/etc/X11$bit/app-defaults/Tgif
# Write app-defaults file
case $papersize in
A4) paper="21cm x 29.7cm" ;;
Letter) paper="8.5in x 11in" ;;
esac
echo "Tgif*InitialPaperSize: $paper" >>$file
echo "Tgif*GridSystem: $gridunits" >>$file
done
It's not good. See debian policy "E.1. Automatic handling of
configuration files by `dpkg'":
Note that a package should _not_ modify a `dpkg'-handled conffile
in its maintainer scripts. Doing this will lead to `dpkg' giving
the user confusing and possibly dangerous options for conffile
update when the package is upgraded.
You shouldn't modify these files. Policy says "should _not_", so I
don't submit this bug with "serious", but I put it as "important"
because we "should" avoid this situation.
However I agree modifying papersize, it's very good idea. So I
propose two way to fix this problem:
(1) Remove papersize entry from these conffiles, and tgif
checks /etc/papersize in every boot time. If tgif
find Tgif*InitialPaperSize entry, then tgif precede
to use this entry data.
(2) Tgif postinst remembers this change. When tgif is
upgraded, prerm script checks InitialPaperSize is not
modified by user's hand, and then restores this entry.
Regards,
-- gotom
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Source: tgif
Source-Version: 1:4.2.2-4
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
tgif, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
tgif_4.2.2-4.debian.tar.gz
to main/t/tgif/tgif_4.2.2-4.debian.tar.gz
tgif_4.2.2-4.dsc
to main/t/tgif/tgif_4.2.2-4.dsc
tgif_4.2.2-4_i386.deb
to main/t/tgif/tgif_4.2.2-4_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Carlo Segre <[email protected]> (supplier of updated tgif package)
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Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:41:20 -0600
Source: tgif
Binary: tgif
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1:4.2.2-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Carlo Segre <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Carlo Segre <[email protected]>
Description:
tgif - 2D vector graphic drawing tool using Xlib
Closes: 227885 599778 609332 609406 609421 609425 609442 609522 609717 609867
609979 610665 610767 614658 614758
Changes:
tgif (1:4.2.2-4) unstable; urgency=low
.
[Carlo Segre <[email protected]>]
* Change gettext dependency to gettext-base (Closes: #599778).
* Add include directive in /etc/X11/app-defaults/Tgif and rewrite
maintainer scripts to put debconf configuration in /etc/default/tgif.
Direct editing of /etc/X11/app-defaults/Tgif is discouraged so that
this file can be quietly replaced during upgrades (Closes: #227885).
* Debconf translation update for Italian.
.
[Jonathan Wiltshire <[email protected]>]
* Debconf templates and debian/control reviewed by the debian-l10n-
english team as part of the Smith review project. (Closes: #609332)
* Debconf translation updates:
- Basque (closes: #609522)
- Spanish
- Danish (closes: #609406)
- Swedish (closes: #609421)
- Russian (closes: #609425)
- Czech (closes: #609442)
- German (closes: #609717)
- Swedish (closes: #609867)
- French (closes: #609979)
- Brazilian Portugese (closes: #610665)
- Portugese (closes: #610767)
- Finnish (closes: #614658)
- Catlan (closes: #614758)
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