Bug#762584: apache2: silently changes user configuration /etc/logrotate.d/apache2
On 2014-09-23 14:43:49 +0200, Arno Töll wrote:
> We install this file through dh_installlogrotate and it is listed as a
> conffile in the binary package of apache2. That means, it will be
> handled like any other configuration file in Debian with special care
> and it won't overwrite changes YOU made.
OK, but then, is there any reason not to announce it in the NEWS file?
This is a significant configuration change!
> However, the Debian default is to overwrite configuration changes when
> the file was untouched by the user, and this is a policy compliant
> behavior. If you dislike this behavior, you can hint dpkg to whatever
> you prefer - it's not a bug in the package though.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be possible to hint dpkg: according
to the dpkg(1) man page, all the conffile related options are in the
case "If a conffile is missing" or "If a conffile has been modified"
(while here it exists, but was not modified because the default was
OK).
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