Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-09-29 Thread Sunil Mohan Adapa
tag 990223 + patch thanks On 9/29/21 4:46 PM, Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote: On 9/29/21 4:05 PM, Nathan Scott wrote: [...] I think this would do for now.  Could you post a patch?  Either here, or to me directly, or p...@groups.io, or a PR on the PCP github repo?  (all the debian build files are

Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-09-29 Thread Sunil Mohan Adapa
On 9/29/21 4:05 PM, Nathan Scott wrote: [...] I think this would do for now. Could you post a patch? Either here, or to me directly, or p...@groups.io, or a PR on the PCP github repo? (all the debian build files are there too). I will post a properly tested patch on PCP Github soon.

Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-09-29 Thread Nathan Scott
Hi Sunil, On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 3:52 AM Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Sep 2021 16:51:46 +1000 Nathan Scott wrote: > > Hi Petter, > > > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 4:45 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > > [...] This approach is known as multilevel configuration. > > > > > > I recommend

Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-09-29 Thread Sunil Mohan Adapa
On Sun, 5 Sep 2021 16:51:46 +1000 Nathan Scott wrote: Hi Petter, On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 4:45 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [...] This approach is known as multilevel configuration. > > I recommend it over modifying conffiles in /etc/. I'll discuss with other upstream folks and see if we

Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-09-05 Thread Nathan Scott
Hi Petter, On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 4:45 PM Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [...] This approach is known as multilevel configuration. > > I recommend it over modifying conffiles in /etc/. I'll discuss with other upstream folks and see if we can transition to this style of solution & for all distros.

Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-09-05 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Nathan Scott] > Upstream have created pcp-zeroconf as a non-default part of the PCP > package suite to automate first-time setup of Performance Co-Pilot for > new users in the same, documented fashion across different distros. > > So while it does indeed not meet the packaging requirements

Bug#990223: pcp-zeroconf: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/pmlogger

2021-06-23 Thread Andreas Beckmann
Package: pcp-zeroconf Version: 5.3.1-1 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package modifies conffiles. This is forbidden by the policy, see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#configuration-files