[Pkg-gpm-devel] Bug#326644: marked as done (gpm: modifies conffile?)

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Package: gpm
Severity: serious
Version: 1.19.6-21
File: /etc/gpm.conf
Justification: maintscripts apparently modify conffile (violates: 10.7.3)

While doing a dist upgrade:

  Preparing to replace gpm 1.19.6-20 (using .../gpm_1.19.6-21_i386.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement gpm ...

I got a message about /etc/gpm.conf being modified:

  --- /etc/gpm.conf       2003-04-26 20:36:28.000000000 -0400
  +++ /tmp/tmp.vMywl5     2005-09-04 12:58:51.000000000 -0400
  @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
   #  protected from evaluation (i.e. by quoting them).
   #
   #  This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and can be modified by
  -#  /usr/sbin/gpmconfig.
  +#  "dpkg-reconfigure gpm" or by hand at your option.
   #
   device=/dev/input/mice
   responsiveness=
   repeat_type=
   type=autops2
  -append=""
  +append=''
   sample_rate=

GPM/Debconf reports that "my version" (of the file) "has been locally
modified", but was not modified by me.

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Hi,

On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 02:13:24PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> Package: gpm
> Severity: serious
> Version: 1.19.6-21
> File: /etc/gpm.conf
> Justification: maintscripts apparently modify conffile (violates: 10.7.3)

That's wrong. This file is a configuration file, and not a conffile.

> While doing a dist upgrade:
> 
>   Preparing to replace gpm 1.19.6-20 (using .../gpm_1.19.6-21_i386.deb) ...
>   Unpacking replacement gpm ...
> 
> I got a message about /etc/gpm.conf being modified:
> 
>   --- /etc/gpm.conf       2003-04-26 20:36:28.000000000 -0400
>   +++ /tmp/tmp.vMywl5     2005-09-04 12:58:51.000000000 -0400
>   @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
>    #  protected from evaluation (i.e. by quoting them).
>    #
>    #  This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and can be modified by
>   -#  /usr/sbin/gpmconfig.
>   +#  "dpkg-reconfigure gpm" or by hand at your option.
>    #
>    device=/dev/input/mice
>    responsiveness=
>    repeat_type=
>    type=autops2
>   -append=""
>   +append=''
>    sample_rate=
> 
> GPM/Debconf reports that "my version" (of the file) "has been locally
> modified", but was not modified by me.

Well, even if annoying, we cannot do anything about that, because
that's due to the transition to debconf + ucf, and we cannot fix and
get that into sarge anyway. So I'm closing this bug, if you disagree,
please reopen and lower the severity to normal or similar. Although
that will be pointless as that will not happen anymore on
sarge -> etch upgrade, and Debian only supports upgrading from one
release to the next one.

regards,
guillem