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Bug#553540: marked as done (htdig: dir-or-file-in-var-www /var/www/htdig/button1.gif and 31 others)

Your message dated Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:32:14 +0000
with message-id <E1NYNMk-00024G-Vr@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#553540: fixed in htdig 1:3.2.0b6-9.1
has caused the Debian Bug report #553540,
regarding htdig: dir-or-file-in-var-www /var/www/htdig/button1.gif and 31 others
to be marked as done.

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Package: htdig
Version: 1:3.2.0b6-9
Severity: serious
User: lintian-maint@debian.org
Usertags: dir-or-file-in-var-www

Debian packages should not install files under /var/www. This is not
one of the /var directories in the File Hierarchy Standard and is
under the control of the local administrator. Packages should not
assume that it is the document root for a web server; it is very
common for users to change the default document root and packages
should not assume that users will keep any particular setting. 

Packages that want to make files available via an installed web server
should instead put instructions for the local administrator in a
README.Debian file and ideally include configuration fragments for
common web servers such as Apache.

As an exception, packages are permitted to create the /var/www
directory due to its past history as the default document root, but
should at most copy over a default file in postinst for a new install.

Refer to Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (The /var Hierarchy) for
details.

One solution that works is to put configuration files into
/etc/<package_name>, put static content, if any, into
/usr/{share,lib}/<package_name>, then create /var/lib/<package name>
as home for the package, and symlink the files from /etc and /usr/
into the /var/lib/<package_name>. Then create a simple set of
configuration snippets for popular web servers (for example, files one
may link into /etc/apache2/conf.d) and put them into
/etc/<package_name>. This way user modifiable files stil live in /etc,
and a simple operation can make the package go live.

Filed as serious, since this is a violation of the FHS (which is part
of policy), and also since a package with these files will currently
get this package rejected. See
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/10/msg00004.html
for details. This means the package has been deemed too buggy to be in
Debian.

manoj


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.4-anzu-2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages htdig 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  libc6                  2.10.1-3          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.2-1         GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.2-1           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  lockfile-progs         0.1.13            Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  perl                   5.10.1-6          Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

htdig recommends no packages.

Versions of packages htdig suggests:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd]  2.2.14-1    Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
ii  htdig-doc                    1:3.2.0b6-9 web search and indexing system - d

-- debconf information:
* htdig/run-rundig: false
* htdig/generate-databases: true

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: htdig
Source-Version: 1:3.2.0b6-9.1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
htdig, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

htdig-doc_3.2.0b6-9.1_all.deb
  to main/h/htdig/htdig-doc_3.2.0b6-9.1_all.deb
htdig_3.2.0b6-9.1.diff.gz
  to main/h/htdig/htdig_3.2.0b6-9.1.diff.gz
htdig_3.2.0b6-9.1.dsc
  to main/h/htdig/htdig_3.2.0b6-9.1.dsc
htdig_3.2.0b6-9.1_i386.deb
  to main/h/htdig/htdig_3.2.0b6-9.1_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 553540@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se> (supplier of updated htdig package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:10:36 +0100
Source: htdig
Binary: htdig htdig-doc
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 1:3.2.0b6-9.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
Changed-By: Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se>
Description: 
 htdig      - web search and indexing system - binaries
 htdig-doc  - web search and indexing system - documentation
Closes: 553540
Changes: 
 htdig (1:3.2.0b6-9.1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Resolve RC-bug 'dir-or-file-in-var-www'. (Closes: #553540)
     + debian/rules:
       o Use '--with-image-dir=/var/lib/htdig/www'.
       o Use parent option 'mkdir -p' to avoid errors.
     + debian/htdig.install: Exchange 'var/www/htdig' for
         'var/lib/htdig/www'.
     + debian/NEWS: New file documenting the changes caused by FHS.
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