Bug#781448: unblock (pre-approval): libcap2/1:2.24-8
Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock
Hi,
in #780432 we had:
On 2015-03-13 22:13, Niels Thykier wrote:
> On 2015-03-13 21:44, Christian Kastner wrote:
>> Furthermore, would you perhaps be willing to also accept a fix for
>> #768229 (obsolete conffile removal)? If so, I'll provide an updated debdiff.
>
> Ack, please go ahead. Assuming the conffile removal is done by
> debhelper's maintscript file, please consider it pre-approved as well
> and include it.
Well, even though this changed passed all my local tests safely [1],
there are scenarios where this change leads to conffile breakage, see RC
bug #781050.
I researched this a bit and my impression is that there is yet no safe
and trivial way to remove a conffile from a package A (where is has
become obsolete) after it has been moved to another package B (but B
might not be installed). See [2] and [3], for example.
The attached debdiff drops debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript. This means
that #768229 will have to be reopened, but I'd rather accept this wart
than attempt any non-trivial solution this late in the freeze.
The debdiff also contains a trivial and obvious fix for debian/watch,
would that be OK?
Regards,
Christian
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/780411#44
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/595112
[3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/02/thrd2.html#00249
diff -Nru libcap2-2.24/debian/changelog libcap2-2.24/debian/changelog
--- libcap2-2.24/debian/changelog 2015-03-14 02:36:27.000000000 +0100
+++ libcap2-2.24/debian/changelog 2015-03-29 15:10:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+libcap2 (1:2.24-8) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript:
+ - Drop, because using rm_conffile to clean up an obsolete conffile that
+ was moved to another package can lead to breakage, see: Closes: #781050
+ * debian/watch:
+ - Drop stray empty opts= (invalid syntax breaks uscan checks)
+
+ -- Christian Kastner <debian@kvr.at> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:00:39 +0200
+
libcap2 (1:2.24-7) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript:
diff -Nru libcap2-2.24/debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript libcap2-2.24/debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript
--- libcap2-2.24/debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript 2015-03-14 02:36:27.000000000 +0100
+++ libcap2-2.24/debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rm_conffile /etc/security/capability.conf 1:2.24-7~ libcap2-bin
diff -Nru libcap2-2.24/debian/watch libcap2-2.24/debian/watch
--- libcap2-2.24/debian/watch 2015-03-14 02:36:27.000000000 +0100
+++ libcap2-2.24/debian/watch 2015-03-29 15:10:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
# uncompressed tarball, and uscan currently does not have a mechanism to
# implement this
-opts=\
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-(.+).tar.xz
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