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and subject line Bug#1130328: fixed in ucf 3.0053
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regarding please support $DPKG_ROOT in maintainer scripts
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Package: ucf
Version: 3.0052
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: hurd-amd64 hurd-i386
Hi,
to create a Debian GNU/Hurd chroot from Debian GNU/Linux, so called
"chrootless" or --force-script-chrootless (the dpkg option) has to be used
because Hurd binaries cannot be run on Linux. Since systemd cannot work on
GNU/Hurd, sysvinit is the default init system there. To use sysvinit
effectively, the package orphan-sysvinit-scripts is a desirable installation
candidate. The package orphan-sysvinit-scripts depends on ucf. Installing ucf
with --force-script-chrootless currently fails because its preinst and
postinst maintainer scripts do not respect the $DPKG_ROOT environment
variable. The patch at the end of this email fixes this. I also opened a
MR on salsa for your convenience:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ucf/-/merge_requests/4
The changes have been verified to have the desired results in the salsa CI
pipeline of this merge request for the dpkg-root-demo:
https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/dpkg-root-demo/-/merge_requests/7
Thanks!
cheers, josch
diff --git a/debian/ucf.postinst b/debian/ucf.postinst
index 3fd1d87..9f4c062 100755
--- a/debian/ucf.postinst
+++ b/debian/ucf.postinst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ set -e
case "$1" in
configure)
- touch /var/lib/ucf/hashfile
- touch /var/lib/ucf/registry
+ touch "$DPKG_ROOT/var/lib/ucf/hashfile"
+ touch "$DPKG_ROOT/var/lib/ucf/registry"
;;
abort-upgrade) ;;
abort-remove) ;;
diff --git a/debian/ucf.preinst b/debian/ucf.preinst
index 8aa02a6..66b7a41 100755
--- a/debian/ucf.preinst
+++ b/debian/ucf.preinst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
set -e
-statedir='/var/lib/ucf';
+statedir="${DPKG_ROOT}/var/lib/ucf";
case "$1" in
install)
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: ucf
Source-Version: 3.0053
Done: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ucf, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
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.
Mark Hindley <[email protected]> (supplier of updated ucf package)
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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:13:35 +0000
Source: ucf
Architecture: source
Version: 3.0053
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
Closes: 1130328
Changes:
ucf (3.0053) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Mark Hindley ]
* d/copyright: remove old FSF address (lintian).
* d/control: bump Standards Version (no changes).
* d/control: drop 'R³: no' now it is the default.
.
[ Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues ]
* Support $DPKG_ROOT in maintainer scripts (Closes: #1130328).
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