tags #879272 wontfix On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 01:16:25PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Whatever that's doing it seems broken. It does not support compressed indexes, > nor will it work if we suddenly change some filenames, for example, because if > we moved to a hash based layout. I announced to do the former this month, see > <20170909144829.ulxdkz6w2awnja7e@jak-x230> for details.
I understand that this is a knee-jerk response of the apt maintainers. The aide rule for apt NEEDS to "use" apt internals so that aide can avoid creating false alarms for files that apt changes. To report unexpected changes in files, it needs to know which files are expected to change. The aide maintainers are aware that aide will always be "behind" the packages, but since maintainers don't bother to tell aide beforehand when they change their package layout, this is something that cannot be avoided. We are trying to stay current especially for a package as important as apt, but of course that does not always work. The only way to stop aide from "using" apt internals this way would be to have apt ship an /etc/aide/aide.conf.d/31_apt_apt file containing current rules reflecting the files that apt regularly changes on updates. Please indicate whether you want to do that in future, and we will happily remove our own apt rule from aide. Until this has been sorted out, we need to continue shipping a rule "using" apt internals with aide, hence the "wontfix" tag. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
