Re: Bug#939770: wireshark: Wrong path in pre-install notification
Control: tags -1 confirmed patch
Control: found -1 1.2.9-2
Dear English Localization Team,
Please review the attached patch for fixing the issue reported below.
The current template can be found here:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wireshark/blob/debian/master/debian/templates
Thank you,
Balint
On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 6:36 PM Nils Dagsson Moskopp
<nils+debian-reportbug@dieweltistgarnichtso.net> wrote:
>
> Package: wireshark
> Version: 2.6.7-1~deb9u1
> Severity: minor
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> in the pre-install notification about installing dumpcamp so that
> non-root users can capture packets it is displayed that users can
> read about that feature in the file at the following path:
>
> /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian
>
> A file does not actually exist at the path.
> After installation, it does also not exist.
> However, the following path holds the file:
>
> /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.gz
>
> I suggest to change path in the question and make it clear that the
> file will only exist after the package is installed – even though a
> text mentioning it might be shown before installation is completed.
--
Balint Reczey
Ubuntu & Debian Developer
From 38256c713614c857c43692ab153c369b721ac42b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Balint Reczey <balint.reczey@canonical.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 22:30:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] debian/templates: Fix README.Debian's path and not that it
needs to be installed
Change-Id: I7ebc987a8956122e1bb283d33ec3c989c5d83330
Closes: #939770
---
debian/templates | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/debian/templates b/debian/templates
index dc47130770..66fb399ae2 100644
--- a/debian/templates
+++ b/debian/templates
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ _Description: Should non-superusers be able to capture packets?
less of the code will run with elevated privileges.
.
For more detailed information please see
- /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.
+ /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.gz after the package
+ installation is finished.
.
Enabling this feature may be a security risk, so it is disabled by
default. If in doubt, it is suggested to leave it disabled.
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2.17.1
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