Bug#416481: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#416481: Removes backup file of
/etc/pbuilderrc
Junichi Uekawa
dancer at netfort.gr.jp
Wed Mar 28 11:30:06 UTC 2007
reassign 416481 dpkg
thanks
> Justification: causes non-serious data loss
>
> I attach a log file of a script session. The commands were
>
>
> =====================================
> export LANG=C
> aptitude install pbuilder
> cp /etc/pbuilderrc /etc/pbuilderrc.bak
> echo >> /etc/pbuilderrc.bak
>
> ls -l /etc/pbu*
>
> aptitude purge pbuilder
> ls -l /etc/pbu*
> =====================================
>
> I wanted a backup of my pbuilderrc to survive the purge. For reasons unknown to
> me, /etc/pbuilderrc.bak was removed as well (the 'echo' command is just to
> ensure that the files are indeed different).
>
> Thomas
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 4.0
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (700, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>
> Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
> ii cdebootstrap 0.3.15 Bootstrap a Debian system
> ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
> ii debianutils 2.18 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
> ii debootstrap 0.3.3.2 Bootstrap a basic Debian system
> ii gcc 4:4.1.1-15 The GNU C compiler
> ii wget 1.10.2-2 retrieves files from the web
>
> Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
> pn cowdancer <none> (no description available)
> ii devscripts 2.10.2 Scripts to make the life of a Debi
> ii fakeroot 1.6.5 Gives a fake root environment
> ii sudo 1.6.8p12-4 Provide limited super user privile
>
> -- no debconf information
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