Bug#234286: marked as done (debian-policy: log file should be in packages' file list)
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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
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Subject: debian-policy: log file should be in packages' file list
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.0
Severity: wishlist
Idea: programs that will make log files should be required to list the basic
log file (before rotations, etc.) so that dpkg -L package will list
them, and dpkg -S will find them.
In http://groups.google.com/groups?th=34676cd8d1b22da1 we see we were
just lucky there were other files with the same name. If the log file
used a slightly different name than any of the other files in the
package, we wouldn't be able to find what package made it.
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:16:28 +0000, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> said:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:31:15AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.1.0 Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Idea: programs that will make log files should be required to list
>> the basic log file (before rotations, etc.) so that dpkg -L package
>> will list them, and dpkg -S will find them.
> There is no mechanism in dpkg for packages to do this yet, so
> there's no point in you filing this request against policy. Sorry. I
> recommend that this bug be closed. (I believe that the request is
> already in dpkg's huge bug list somewhere, so no need to add to it
> with a reassign; it's certainly a reasonably well-known wishlist
> among the developers.)
> If a package attempted to fulfil your request using only the current
> mechanisms, then the log file would be erased on every upgrade. This
> is why an extension to dpkg is needed.
Closing the report.
manoj
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