Control: reassign -1 kgb-bot Control: affects -1 approx -=| Helmut Grohne, 27.10.2012 11:08:23 +0200 |=- > Package: approx kgb-bot > Severity: normal > > Both packages use tcp port 9999 by default. This is a conflict. Please > resolve.
Ouch. I am happy to change the default port in KGB. The three instances that serve alioth projects already use other ports anyway, and since kgb is the new kid on the block, it makes sense to avoid the conflict there. The default is set in two places -- the provided default kgb.conf and kgb-bot executable. Change in the default kgb.conf in the package should be transparent to users, as it is a conffile dpkg will show the alert. The executable built-in default is not a problem, I think, because the default kgb.conf was shipped in all published packages, so the built-in default should be never used. Of course, a NEWS.Debian file would give the change more publicity. Next thing to decide would be the new port number. Two of the three instances that serve alioth projects use 9418, bit this seems to be assigned: $ grep 9418 /etc/services git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System Gregor gave an interesting idea for finding possible port number -- playing with the ASCII codes of 'K', 'G' and 'B'. For example 'K'*'G'+'B' gives 5391, which is unassigned, according to http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers (thanks taffit!). If we want to avoid future conflicts, I guess we should register the port with IANA.
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