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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