Bug#382061: cyrus-common-2.2: Please put OPTIONS shell variable in /etc/default/cyrus2.2

[Benjamin Seidenberg]

Farzad FARID wrote:
> Package: cyrus-common-2.2
> Version: 2.2.13-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> I think OPTIONS should be defined in /etc/default/cyrus2.2 instead of
> /etc/init.d/cyrus2.2, so that it can be easily overriden without
> touching an init script.
>
>  Regards
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (400, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.4dedibox_r5
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 at euro (charmap=UTF-8)
>
> Versions of packages cyrus-common-2.2 depends on:
> ii  adduser         3.63                     Add and remove users and groups
> ii  debconf [debcon 1.4.30.13                Debian configuration management sy
> ii  dpkg            1.10.28                  Package maintenance system for Deb
> ii  gawk            1:3.1.4-2                GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
> ii  libc6           2.3.6-15                 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libdb4.2        4.2.52-18                Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
> ii  libsasl2        2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2         Authentication abstraction library
> ii  libsnmp9        5.2.2-4                  NET SNMP (Simple Network Managemen
> ii  libssl0.9.8     0.9.8b-2                 SSL shared libraries
> ii  libwrap0        7.6.dbs-8                Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
> ii  libzephyr3      2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-15 The original "Instant Message" sys
> ii  netbase         4.21                     Basic TCP/IP networking system
> ii  perl            5.8.8-6                  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
> ii  postfix [mail-t 2.3.1-1                  A high-performance mail transport 
>
> -- debconf information:
>   cyrus-common-2.2/removespools: false
>   cyrus-common-2.2/warnbackendchange:
>   

While the patch for this is easy, I am not sure about which file is
proper for the options. defaults sounds more correct then init, but I am
unsure. Sven, HMH: opinions?

Benjamin

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