Package: apt-listchanges
Version: 2.70
Severity: normal
Hi,
I dpkg-reconfigure packages when I need to reconfigure them, but with
apt-listchanges this seems to be a no-op.
When I dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges, it will correctly display the
settings I have configured in the past (from debconf's cache), but I
end up with my settings in /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.ucf-dist, and
/etc/apt/listchanges.conf holds the default settings:
bee% diff /etc/apt/listchanges.conf /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.ucf-dist
--- /etc/apt/listchanges.conf 2006-10-15 17:07:17.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.ucf-dist 2006-10-15 17:18:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
[apt]
frontend=pager
-email_address=root
-confirm=0
+email_address=
+confirm=1
save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db
-which=news
+which=both
I added a "set -x" and "exec 2>/dev/tty" to the apt-listchanges
postinst, and saw:
+ '[' true = true ']'
+ echo save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db
+ db_get apt-listchanges/which
+ _db_cmd 'GET apt-listchanges/which'
+ IFS=' '
+ printf '%s\n' 'GET apt-listchanges/which'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=both
+ case ${_db_internal_line%%[ ]*} in
+ return 0
+ echo which=both
+ '[' -f /etc/apt/listchanges.conf ']'
+ ucf --debconf-ok /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.new /etc/apt/listchanges.conf
+ rm -f /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.new
+ '[' configure = configure ']'
+ which update-python-modules
+ update-python-modules -b apt-listchanges.dirs
+ exit 0
I then removed the "rm -f" to have a chance to review the .new file,
and it holds the correct settings:
# cat /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.new
[apt]
frontend=pager
email_address=
confirm=1
save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db
which=both
I then called ucf manually:
# ucf -v /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.new /etc/apt/listchanges.conf
ucf: The new file is /etc/apt/listchanges.conf.new
ucf: The Destination file is /etc/apt/listchanges.conf
ucf: The Source directory is /etc/apt
ucf: The State directory is /var/lib/ucf
The hash file exists
egrep [[:space:]]\/etc\/apt\/listchanges\.conf$ /var/lib/ucf/hashfile
aec10b96e7940298caefd9232d3644cf /etc/apt/listchanges.conf
md5sums match, nothing needs be done.
And the config file is unchanged in the end.
I think you shouldn't call ucf when one wants to reconfigure a package,
but only on upgrades; I suspect this is the cause of #393470 as well,
at least I wouldn't get #393470 if you didn't call ucf during
dpkg-reconfigure.
I would have liked to provide you with a full reproducing scenario for
either #393470 or this bug, but unfortunately, I can't dpkg-reconfigure
apt-listchanges at all in my pbuilder, despite forcing the debconf
frontend. I suppose you should be able to reproduce the bug I'm
reporting more easily than #393470 though, as #393470 probably only
happens during the first installation.
Bye,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages apt-listchanges depends on:
ii apt 0.6.46.2 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.6 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.17.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii python 2.4.3-11 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-apt 0.6.19 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii python-support 0.5.4 automated rebuilding support for p
ii ucf 2.0015 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages apt-listchanges recommends:
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.3.3-3 A high-performance mail transport
-- debconf information:
* apt-listchanges/confirm: true
* apt-listchanges/which: both
* apt-listchanges/frontend: pager
* apt-listchanges/email-address:
* apt-listchanges/save-seen: true
--
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
