I'd mention it in the changelog when doing the change but we should indeed include a comment in the file for both lxc and libvirt. I see that network-manager's own file already has a comment indicating what the file is for and that removing it or the package will revert that change in behaviour.
So standardizing the wording across all 3 packages seems the way to go. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1113821 Title: libvirt-bin deletes /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin on upgrade Status in “libvirt” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “lxc” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “libvirt” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “lxc” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “network-manager” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “libvirt” source package in Quantal: Triaged Status in “lxc” source package in Quantal: Triaged Status in “network-manager” source package in Quantal: Triaged Status in “libvirt” source package in Raring: Triaged Status in “lxc” source package in Raring: Triaged Status in “network-manager” source package in Raring: Triaged Bug description: libvirt-bin deletes its own NON-obsolete conffile /etc/dnsmasq.d /libvirt-bin in its postrm with "rm", but postrm runs on upgrade, so this causes libvirt-bin to delete its own conffile on upgrade. Hence, anything that relies on /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin will break whenever upgrading libvirt-bin to a newer version. libvirt-bin probably should use dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile. Repro steps: 1) Install latest version of libvirt-bin. Observe that /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin is present. 2) Purge libvirt-bin and install an old version. Observe that /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin is present. 3) Upgrade libvirt-bit to latest version. Observe that /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin is gone. Expected: /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin should be present on disk after each step, since it is shipped in both versions of the package. Actual: /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin is gone after step 3. $ sudo apt-get install libvirt-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: augeas-lenses bridge-utils cgroup-lite ebtables gawk libaugeas0 libnetcf1 libsigsegv2 libvirt0 libxenstore3.0 Suggested packages: augeas-doc gawk-doc augeas-tools qemu-kvm qemu radvd lvm2 The following NEW packages will be installed: augeas-lenses bridge-utils cgroup-lite ebtables gawk libaugeas0 libnetcf1 libsigsegv2 libvirt-bin libvirt0 libxenstore3.0 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded. Need to get 5,061 kB of archives. After this operation, 17.2 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main augeas-lenses all 0.10.0-1fakesync1ubuntu1 [179 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main bridge-utils amd64 1.5-4ubuntu2 [32.5 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main ebtables amd64 2.0.9.2-2ubuntu3 [90.3 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libsigsegv2 amd64 2.9-4ubuntu3 [14.7 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main gawk amd64 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2 [778 kB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libaugeas0 amd64 0.10.0-1fakesync1ubuntu1 [176 kB] Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libnetcf1 amd64 0.2.0-1ubuntu1 [51.6 kB] Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main libvirt0 amd64 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 [880 kB] Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main libxenstore3.0 amd64 4.1.3-3ubuntu1.2 [19.8 kB] Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main cgroup-lite all 1.5 [3,944 B] Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main libvirt-bin amd64 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 [2,836 kB] Fetched 5,061 kB in 4s (1,029 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package augeas-lenses. (Reading database ... 399268 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking augeas-lenses (from .../augeas-lenses_0.10.0-1fakesync1ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package bridge-utils. Unpacking bridge-utils (from .../bridge-utils_1.5-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package ebtables. Unpacking ebtables (from .../ebtables_2.0.9.2-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libsigsegv2. Unpacking libsigsegv2 (from .../libsigsegv2_2.9-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package gawk. Unpacking gawk (from .../gawk_1%3a4.0.1+dfsg-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libaugeas0. Unpacking libaugeas0 (from .../libaugeas0_0.10.0-1fakesync1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libnetcf1. Unpacking libnetcf1 (from .../libnetcf1_0.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libvirt0. Unpacking libvirt0 (from .../libvirt0_0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libxenstore3.0. Unpacking libxenstore3.0 (from .../libxenstore3.0_4.1.3-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package cgroup-lite. Unpacking cgroup-lite (from .../cgroup-lite_1.5_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libvirt-bin. Unpacking libvirt-bin (from .../libvirt-bin_0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Setting up augeas-lenses (0.10.0-1fakesync1ubuntu1) ... Setting up bridge-utils (1.5-4ubuntu2) ... Setting up ebtables (2.0.9.2-2ubuntu3) ... Setting up libsigsegv2 (2.9-4ubuntu3) ... Setting up gawk (1:4.0.1+dfsg-2) ... Setting up libaugeas0 (0.10.0-1fakesync1ubuntu1) ... Setting up libnetcf1 (0.2.0-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up libvirt0 (0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2) ... Setting up libxenstore3.0 (4.1.3-3ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up cgroup-lite (1.5) ... cgroup-lite start/running Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up libvirt-bin (0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2) ... Adding group `libvirtd' (GID 132) ... Done. libvirt-bin start/running, process 8181 Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for ureadahead ... $ ls -al /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 Jan 28 13:14 /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin $ sudo apt-get remove libvirt-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: augeas-lenses bridge-utils cgroup-lite ebtables libaugeas0 libnetcf1 libvirt0 libxenstore3.0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: libvirt-bin 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 65 not upgraded. After this operation, 9,947 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 399856 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libvirt-bin ... libvirt-bin stop/waiting Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ... $ ls -al /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin ls: cannot access /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin: No such file or directory $ sudo apt-get purge libvirt-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: augeas-lenses bridge-utils cgroup-lite ebtables libaugeas0 libnetcf1 libvirt0 libxenstore3.0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: libvirt-bin* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 65 not upgraded. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 399765 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libvirt-bin ... Purging configuration files for libvirt-bin ... /usr/sbin/delgroup: `libvirt-dnsmasq' still has `libvirtd' as their primary group! dpkg: warning: while removing libvirt-bin, directory '/var/lib/libvirt/qemu' not empty so not removed dpkg: warning: while removing libvirt-bin, directory '/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart' not empty so not removed Processing triggers for ureadahead ... $ sudo apt-get install libvirt-bin=0.9.13-0ubuntu12 libvirt0=0.9.13-0ubuntu12 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: qemu-kvm qemu radvd lvm2 The following NEW packages will be installed: libvirt-bin The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: libvirt0 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded. Need to get 3,719 kB of archives. After this operation, 9,944 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libvirt0 amd64 0.9.13-0ubuntu12 [880 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libvirt-bin amd64 0.9.13-0ubuntu12 [2,839 kB] Fetched 3,719 kB in 3s (974 kB/s) dpkg: warning: downgrading libvirt0 from 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 to 0.9.13-0ubuntu12 (Reading database ... 399717 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libvirt0 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 (using .../libvirt0_0.9.13-0ubuntu12_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libvirt0 ... Selecting previously unselected package libvirt-bin. Unpacking libvirt-bin (from .../libvirt-bin_0.9.13-0ubuntu12_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up libvirt0 (0.9.13-0ubuntu12) ... Setting up libvirt-bin (0.9.13-0ubuntu12) ... libvirt-bin start/running, process 11373 Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for ureadahead ... $ ls -al /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 Oct 5 17:58 /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin $ sudo apt-get install libvirt-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libvirt0 Suggested packages: qemu-kvm qemu radvd lvm2 The following packages will be upgraded: libvirt-bin libvirt0 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/3,716 kB of archives. After this operation, 3,072 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 399857 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libvirt-bin 0.9.13-0ubuntu12 (using .../libvirt-bin_0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2_amd64.deb) ... libvirt-bin stop/waiting Unpacking replacement libvirt-bin ... Preparing to replace libvirt0 0.9.13-0ubuntu12 (using .../libvirt0_0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libvirt0 ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up libvirt0 (0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2) ... Setting up libvirt-bin (0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2) ... libvirt-bin start/running, process 13043 Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place $ ls -al /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin ls: cannot access /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirt-bin: No such file or directory $ ubuntu-bug libvirt-bin ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libvirt-bin 0.9.13-0ubuntu12.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Feb 2 14:14:06 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-30 (644 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) KernLog: MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: libvirt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-21 (104 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.dnsmasq.d.libvirt.bin: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1113821/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
