Package: snort Version: 2.8.5.2-2 Priority: serious Justification: Policy violation 10.7.3 Tags: stable unstable
The Snort package handles a configuration file /etc/snort/snort.debian.conf through debconf but does not preserver changes introduced in this configuration file by the local admin. It expects all the changes to be done through dpkg-reconfigure and fails to act if the admin manually edits the file, overwritting any changes when the package gets upgrade. In addition, the snort-mysql and snort-pgsql manage a section of the /etc/snort/snort.conf file (between DBSTART and DBEND) editing its contents without considering the local changes done by the system's administrators. These two behaviours are a violation of Debian's policy, failing to met the requirement in Section 10.7.3: " local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade," and thus the serious severity. I'm working in fixing this bug as well as fixing the handling of the /etc/snort/database.conf configuration file auto-generated in versions 2.8.5.2-5 and later. Regards Javier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
