Bug#561324: aiccu: uses non-essential tools in the config script
Package: aiccu
Version: 20070115-11
Severity: serious
The config script of the package uses the aiccu tool itself
to create a list of tunnel providers and even tries to connect
the tunnel providers during config stage.
This is a policy violation, because policy 3.9.1 states:
"The config script might be run before the preinst script, and before
the package is unpacked or any of its dependencies or pre-dependencies
are satisfied. Therefore it must work using only the tools present in
essential packages."
As the package might get unpacked _after_ running the script,
it simply cannot depend on itself to be around at that point.
-Patrick
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages aiccu depends on:
ii cdebconf [debconf-2.0] 0.145 Debian Configuration Management Sy
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii iproute 20090324-1 networking and traffic control too
ii iputils-ping 3:20071127-2 Tools to test the reachability of
ii iputils-tracepath 3:20071127-2 Tools to trace the network path to
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgnutls26 2.8.5-2 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages aiccu recommends:
ii ntp 1:4.2.4p7+dfsg-4 Network Time Protocol daemon and u
ii ntpdate 1:4.2.4p7+dfsg-4 client for setting system time fro
aiccu suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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