Bug#861238: libc-bin: prompting due to modified conffiles which were not modified by the user: /etc/ld.so.conf
On 2017-04-26 14:18, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: libc-bin
> Version: 2.19-18+deb8u7
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed the piuparts
> upgrade test because dpkg detected a conffile as being modified and then
> prompted the user for an action. As there is no user input, this fails.
> But this is not the real problem, the real problem is that this prompt
> shows up in the first place, as there was nobody modifying this conffile
> at all, the package has just been installed and upgraded...
>
> This is a violation of policy 10.7.3, see
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.7.3,
> which says "[These scripts handling conffiles] must not ask unnecessary
> questions (particularly during upgrades), and must otherwise be good
> citizens."
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling should help with figuring
> out how to do this properly.
>
> In https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00675.html and
> followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with
> severity serious.
>
> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
> Setting up libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ...
> Installing new version of config file /etc/bindresvport.blacklist ...
> Installing new version of config file /etc/gai.conf ...
>
> Configuration file `/etc/ld.so.conf'
> ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
> ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
> N or O : keep your currently-installed version
> D : show the differences between the versions
> Z : start a shell to examine the situation
> The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** ld.so.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing libc-bin (--configure):
> EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libc-bin
>
> This was found on i386 with amd64-libs installed on the upgrade path
>
> squeeze -> wheezy -> jessie -> stretch
>
> while upgrading to jessie.
>
> In my piuparts scripts I have the following exception for cleaning
> this up before purge, but that doesn't apply in this case, since it
> is not yet purge time:
>
> # amd64-libs leaves a superfluous line there ...
> sed -i '3{/^$/d}' /etc/ld.so.conf
>
> amd64-libs wasn't seen any more after squeeze :-)
>
> Maybe it is sufficient for libc-bin in jessie to
> a) add Breaks: amd64-libs and
> b) put the sed magic into the preinst
If the problem is due to amd64-libs, how can it be an RC bug in
libc-bin? Sure we can try to do something, but I don't think the bug
should be considered as RC on the libc side.
Also this has been like that for 2 years, it has only been reported
through piuparts. Not sure it warrants fixing with the risk of
introducing new bugs.
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