Bug#440384: apt-listchanges: Once package is removed, listchanges.conf is not created even if it is reinstalled.
Hi, > Once package is removed, listchanges.conf is not created even if it is reinstalled: I confirmed this bug, too. After reviewing apt-listchanges package, I found an error in postrm script. On postrm script of apt-listchanges, following `if` statement is used to check whether ucf command is available. if [ ucf --help > /dev/null 2>&1 ]; then However, this is wrong. `[` is needless. `[` is a command for check file types and compare values. `[` cannot be used to check whether any command is available or not. (See man [ for details.) Because [ ucf --help > /dev/null 2>&1 ] returns FALSE, ucf -p /etc/apt/listchanges.conf is never called. And /etc/apt/listchanges.conf is never created on reinstallation. It should be written like this: if ucf --help > /dev/null 2>&1; then Or, example in ucf uses this form: if which ucf >/dev/null; then Since ucf is a perl script, I think `which` form is faster and better. I have made a patch to fix this problem. --- debian/postrm.orig 2007-12-07 06:24:52.0 +0900 +++ debian/postrm 2007-12-07 06:19:45.0 +0900 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then rm -f $hook.disabled rm -f /var/lib/apt/listchanges.db -if [ ucf --help > /dev/null 2>&1 ]; then +if which ucf > /dev/null; then ucf -p /etc/apt/listchanges.conf fi rm -f /etc/apt/listchanges.conf Thanks, -- Morita Sho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#440384: apt-listchanges: Once package is removed, listchanges.conf is not created even if it is reinstalled.
Package: apt-listchanges Version: 2.74 Severity: normal Once package is removed, listchanges.conf is not created even if it is reinstalled: fight:~# apt-get remove --purge apt-listchanges Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: apt-listchanges* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 229kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 65946 files and directories currently installed.) Removing apt-listchanges ... Purging configuration files for apt-listchanges ... fight:~# apt-get install apt-listchanges Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: apt-listchanges 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/66.4kB of archives. After unpacking 229kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package apt-listchanges. (Reading database ... 65915 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking apt-listchanges (from .../apt-listchanges_2.74_all.deb) ... Setting up apt-listchanges (2.74) ... Not replacing deleted config file /etc/apt/listchanges.conf fight:~# dpkg-reconfigure does not work either: fight:~# dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges Not replacing deleted config file /etc/apt/listchanges.conf fight:~# "ucf --purge /etc/apt/listchanges.conf" solves this situation: fight:~# ucf --purge /etc/apt/listchanges.conf fight:~# dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges Creating config file /etc/apt/listchanges.conf with new version fight:~# But I don't think it is right way of reinstallation. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ja_JP.eucJP, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.eucJP (charmap=EUC-JP) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt-listchanges depends on: ii apt 0.7.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.14 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.23.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii python2.4.4-6An interactive high-level object-o ii python-apt0.7.3.1Python interface to libapt-pkg ii python-support0.6.4 automated rebuilding support for p ii ucf 3.001 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages apt-listchanges recommends: ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.4.5-3High-performance mail transport ag -- debconf information: * apt-listchanges/confirm: false * apt-listchanges/which: news * apt-listchanges/frontend: pager * apt-listchanges/email-address: root * apt-listchanges/save-seen: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
