On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Steve Langasek wrote:
> reassign 440356 localization-config
> thanks
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:37:12PM +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> > Package: libpam-modules
> > Version: 0.99.7.1-3
> > Severity: normal
>
> > Keep getting these messages:
>
> > ,----
> > | Aug 27 20:32:44 hostname su[23410]: pam_env(su:session): Unable to open
> > env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 19:37:31 hostname su[4146]: pam_env(su:session): Unable to open
> > env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 19:44:58 hostname login[6802]: pam_env(login:session): Unable to
> > open env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 19:51:00 hostname login[6803]: pam_env(login:session): Unable to
> > open env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 19:54:45 hostname su[10352]: pam_env(su:session): Unable to open
> > env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 20:01:44 hostname su[11248]: pam_env(su:session): Unable to open
> > env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 20:01:46 hostname su[11251]: pam_env(su:session): Unable to open
> > env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > | Aug 31 20:01:47 hostname su[11253]: pam_env(su:session): Unable to open
> > env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory
> > `----
>
> > /etc/default/locale seems to have been obsoleted by localization-config.
> > Touching /etc/default/locale stops the /var/log/auth.log clutter.
>
> > Any chance removing the code which tries to access /etc/default/locale soon?
>
> First, no, the code which tries to access /etc/default/locale is not in
> pam. This is configured in the individual, per-package PAM config files
> in /etc/pam.d/, which are not the responsibility of the pam package.
Ok. My assumption is wrong. In that case the code which tries to access
/etc/default/locale remains to be identified.
> Second, /etc/default/locale is not obsolete, it is the central location
> where the system locale is to be configured on Debian systems. I'm not
> sure what localization-config's involvement here is, but if it's
> responsible for /etc/default/locale being absent on a newly-installed
> system, then that's a bug in localization-config.
Another assumption on my part. It may very well not be correct.
> But probably it isn't; it's my understanding that /etc/default/locale is
> the responsibility of the installer, so subject to confirmation by the
> localization-config maintainer, this bug probably needs to be reassigned
> again or closed.
Yes.
# dpkg -S /etc/default/locale
dpkg: /etc/default/locale not found.
I don't recall removing /etc/default/locale by my own hand, but I can't
rule that totally out either.
* I can't figure out what hapened
* I can't find who/what might be responsible for the /etc/default/locale
disappearance
* I can't connect the /var/log/auth.log messages to specific codes
but this is what I could find:
# find /var/lib/dpkg/info -type f | xargs egrep /etc/default/locale
/var/lib/dpkg/info/dictionaries-common.config: if ( -e
"/etc/default/locale" ){
/var/lib/dpkg/info/locales.config:DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT=$(cat
/etc/environment /etc/default/locale 2>/dev/null | awk 'BEGIN
{lang="None"} /^LANG=/ {gsub("\"", ""); sub("LANG=", ""); lang=$0;} END
{print lang}')
/var/lib/dpkg/info/locales.postinst:EE="/etc/default/locale"
/var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server.preinst:# /etc/default/locale, so read
that as well.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server.preinst:auth required
pam_env.so envfile=/etc/default/locale
Looks like nothing of the above requires /etc/default/locale to exist and
I can't find the connection to `su' and `login' :(
Cheers,
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Cristian
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