Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Gerrit Pape p...@smarden.org writes: Hi, I know you have a different opinion, but your mail doesn't add any new information, and I happen to disagree. The current configuration file system, what currently in use, is problematic (as per previous message) in several points: A symlink is not

Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-08 Thread Jari Aalto
reopen 545242 thanks Gerrit Pape p...@smarden.org writes: On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 01:47:43AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: Dropbear installs few directories and symlinks that do not belong to /etc: /etc/dropbear/log /etc/dropbear/log/main /etc/dropbear/log/run

Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-06 Thread Matt Johnston
These files are not from upstream, they're part of the Debian runit configuration (which is optional, off by default). They are not log files (well, one is a symlink to /var/log/dropbear) or runtime status files, but rather config files for Dropbear. I see no problem with readonly

Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Matt Johnston m...@ucc.asn.au writes: Debian runit configuration They are not log files (well, one is a symlink to /var/log/dropbear) Please remove that one. It should only be under /var/log /etc/dropbear $ ls -lR drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 15:31 log ./log: total 4

Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-06 Thread Matt Johnston
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 07:18:16PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: FHS: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#ETCHOSTSPECIFICSYSTEMCONFIGURATION The /etc hierarchy contains configuration files. A configuration file is a local file used to control the operation of a program; it

Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Matt Johnston m...@ucc.asn.au writes: On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 07:18:16PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: FHS: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#ETCHOSTSPECIFICSYSTEMCONFIGURATION The /etc hierarchy contains configuration files. A configuration file is a local file used

Bug#545242: dropbear: Please patch sources not to use /etc/dropbear/{log,run}

2009-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dropbear Version: 0.52-2 Severity: normal Dropbear installs few directories and symlinks that do not belong to /etc: /etc/dropbear/log /etc/dropbear/log/main /etc/dropbear/log/run /etc/dropbear/run Please patch the orginal sources (talk to upstream), not to install