Package: boxes Version: 1.0.1a-2.1 When I invoke 'boxes' (and I omit the '-f' argument to point to a configuration file) and intend the system-wide configuration file to be used, boxes complains that the configuration file is a directory:
$ date | boxes boxes: Alleged system-wide config file '/etc/boxes' is a directory I checked http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=boxes and did not see a bug filed about this particular issue (that I could see), so I'm filing my very first Debian package bug. (Please let me know what information/format, etc. is most beneficial when filing these bug reports, if I happen to omit anything.) It appears that this 1.0.1a-2.1 version of 'boxes' locates the system-wide configuration file here: "/etc/boxes/boxes-config": $ ls -alF /etc/boxes/boxes-config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41040 2006-07-11 04:58 /etc/boxes/boxes-config Yet, the 'boxes' utility in this package is compiled so as to expect that file to be "/etc/boxes", which in this case, is a directory. (I examined the source package for 'boxes', and found that the debian/boxes-1.0.1.patch file changes that GLOBALCONF file to be '/etc/boxes', which doesn't match where the actual file is placed when installing the package.) I recompiled the package after patching the boxes-1.0.1.patch file located in the debian/ directory (my first time playing with this), which fixes the issue. Here's my patch: ----------------------------------------8<------------------------------------------------ --- Original/debian/boxes-1.0.1.patch 2006-08-25 16:24:24.000000000 -0700 +++ Modified/debian/boxes-1.0.1.patch 2006-08-25 16:23:56.000000000 -0700 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ # The following line (GLOBALCONF) is the only line you should need to edit! -GLOBALCONF = /usr/local/share/boxes -BVERSION = 1.0.1 -+GLOBALCONF = /etc/boxes ++GLOBALCONF = /etc/boxes/boxes-config +BVERSION = 1.0.1a SNAPFILE = boxes-SNAP-$(shell date +%Y%m%d) ----------------------------------------8<------------------------------------------------ I'm using a Debian testing/unstable system. 'dpkg' shows this for boxes and libc6 (if that matters at all): Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=======================-=======================-============================================================== ii boxes 1.0.1a-2.1 Textmode box- and comment drawing filter ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries -jesse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
