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and subject line Bug#432633: fixed in esmtp 0.6.0-1
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Package: esmtp
Version: 0.5.1-4.1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 10.7.3
On first install of esmtp -- even when not installing esmtp-run, which
lets esmtp be the system MTA -- the postinst overwrites /etc/mailname,
even when answering the (default) "no" to "Automatically overwrite
configuration files?".
This is highly unfortunate when mailname was already set and in use by
other programs (e.g., the real MTA in case of nullmailer), and violates
the spirit, if not the wording, of Policy 10.7.3, "local changes [of
configuration files] must be preserved during a package upgrade".
Policy continues:
| The other way to do it is via the maintainer scripts. These scripts
| [...] must not overwrite or otherwise mangle the user's configuration
| without asking[.]
Extract from the postinst:
db_get esmtp/overwriteconfig
OverwriteConfig="$RET"
if test -s /etc/esmtprc -a "$OverwriteConfig" = "false"
then
exit 0
fi
db_get esmtp/hostname
HostName="$RET"
if test ! -s /etc/mailname -o "`cat /etc/mailname`" != "$HostName"
then
echo "$HostName" > /etc/mailname
fi
So if automatic overwriting is disabled *and* no non-empty esmtprc existed,
the postinst will exit without further configuration file tampering.
This would be okay for creating an esmtprc alone, but also overwrites
/etc/mailname (if it doesn't match the answer to "SMTP server hostname").
IMO, even if updating /etc/mailname would have been in order, *at least*
a single backup of each automatically overwritten configuration file
should be preserved.
Furthermore, putting the "SMTP server hostname" into /etc/mailname seems
to be a bad idea at all, cf. a value of "smtp.example.org" in a setup
that would likely need a mailname of "example.org".
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages esmtp depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libesmtp5 1.0.3-1+b1 LibESMTP SMTP client library
Versions of packages esmtp recommends:
pn esmtp-run <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
* esmtp/username:
esmtp/mda: procmail
esmtp/hostport: 25
* esmtp/overwriteconfig: false
* esmtp/hostname: smtp.int.zzznowman.dyndns.org
esmtp/starttls: disabled
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: esmtp
Source-Version: 0.6.0-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
esmtp, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
esmtp-run_0.6.0-1_all.deb
to pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp-run_0.6.0-1_all.deb
esmtp_0.6.0-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp_0.6.0-1.diff.gz
esmtp_0.6.0-1.dsc
to pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp_0.6.0-1.dsc
esmtp_0.6.0-1_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp_0.6.0-1_powerpc.deb
esmtp_0.6.0.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/e/esmtp/esmtp_0.6.0.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
José Fonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated esmtp package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:50:13 +0100
Source: esmtp
Binary: esmtp-run esmtp
Architecture: source powerpc all
Version: 0.6.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: José Fonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: José Fonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
esmtp - User configurable relay-only MTA
esmtp-run - User configurable relay-only MTA
Closes: 394847 407101 432633
Changes:
esmtp (0.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Acknowledge NMU.
* New upstream version (closes: #394847, #407101).
* Do not write the SMTP server name to /etc/mailname (closes: #432633).
Files:
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