Your message dated Wed, 06 May 2026 22:04:36 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1135791: fixed in inetutils 2:2.8-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1135791,
regarding inetutils-syslogd: stop providing /var/log/news directory
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Package: inetutils-syslogd,inn,inn2,slrnpull
Severity: important
User [email protected]
Usertags: fsys-metadata-conflict
The file /var/log/news is contained in the packages
* inetutils-syslogd/2:2.7-5 as present in forky|unstable
(root:root 0755)
* inn/1:1.7.2q-52+b1 as present in forky|unstable
(news:news 0755)
* inn2/2.7.4~20250809-1 as present in forky|unstable
(news:news 0775)
* inn2/2.7.4~20250809-1+b1 as present in forky|unstable
(news:news 0775)
* slrnpull/1.0.3+dfsg-10 as present in forky|unstable
(root:root 0755)
These packages can be unpacked concurrently, because there is no
relevant Replaces or Conflicts relation. When unpacking these packages
concurrently, directory metadata depends on the unpack order.
Please determine the appropriate metadata for the mentioned file and
reassign and/or clone the bug to the packages that require changes.
When doing so, please add the other packages to the set of affected
packages using "Control: affects -1 + <packagename>" to avoid the filing
of duplicates.
Kind regards
Helmut Grohne
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Source: inetutils
Source-Version: 2:2.8-2
Done: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
inetutils, 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.
Guillem Jover <[email protected]> (supplier of updated inetutils package)
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Date: Wed, 06 May 2026 23:19:05 +0200
Source: inetutils
Architecture: source
Version: 2:2.8-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Closes: 1135791
Changes:
inetutils (2:2.8-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Remove no longer used spelling-error-in-binary lintian override.
* Remove unused /var/log/ppp.log logrotate handling.
* Merge individual logrotate log file entries into two entries.
* Reload inetutils-syslogd for all logrotate entries.
* Switch to /run/xconsole for all systems with a compat symlink from /dev.
* Remove /var/log/news/news.* log handling. (Closes: #1135791)
* Remove /var/log/lpr.log log handling.
* Remove /var/log/uucp.log log handling.
* Enable /var/log/cron.log log handling for cron facility.
* Place /var/log/syslog as the first log file, before /var/log/auth.log.
* Move commented out tty log handling entry to an example config fragment.
* Move enabled xconsole log handling entry to an example config fragment.
* Fix typos in syslog.conf(5) man page.
* Add explicit mentions of /etc/syslog.d/ into man pages.
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