[Openstack-devel] Bug#677400: This is not a bug, it is a feature!

[Ola Lundqvist]

But first check if not Thomas already fixed it in another commit :-)

// Ola

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:17:41PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> Please go ahead!
> 
> // Ola
> 
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 06:43:34PM +0200, ghe. rivero wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >    i finally managed to find the problem (not uploaded a fix, but it's
> > pretty trivial).  As Zigo noted, scripts shouldn't change conffiles,
> > but in our case, as we are using dbconfig, if we use other options
> > than the defaults ones, it's ok to do it. In our case, using the
> > default options (or non-interactive as piuparts does) the problem is
> > that in nova-common.postinst script (line ~81)
> >      SQL_CONNECTION="sqlite:////$dbc_basepath/$dbc_dbname"
> >  we add an extra / (slash) after sqlite,  making the conf file
> > different than the package default provided. The solution is as eassy
> > as remove one the /. I'll wait for comments to provide a fix for it.
> > 
> > Ghe Rivero
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Thomas Goirand <zigo at debian.org> wrote:
> > > On 06/18/2012 11:01 PM, Loic Dachary wrote:
> > >> On 06/18/2012 04:20 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> > >>> On 06/18/2012 06:08 PM, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > >>>> I refuse to re-open this bug unless you have a very good reason for it.
> > >>>> It is a feature of the package, not a bug.
> > >>> Please sit down comfortably, and re-read the policy manual.
> > >> We're all working toward the same goal and it's very easy and non-controversial to explain why you think something is a mistake. Just use technical terms and references proving your case and avoid sarcasm, condescending tone etc.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you in advance for tuning it down a little ;-)
> > >
> > > Sorry if this looked like I was having a bad tone.
> > >
> > > In technical terms: a maintainer script should never edit a file marked
> > > as conffile. If you want to do it, then the configuration file shouldn't
> > > be marked as conffile.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
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