Debian Bug report logs - #264790
dpkg: Conffiles that vanish across an upgrade can fool dpkg

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: libgnomevfs2-common: schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:05:55 +0200

Package: libgnomevfs2-common
Version: 2.6.1.1-6
Severity: normal

Hi,
   
Please remove these files in /etc/gconf/schemas       
         
Christian

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro

Versions of packages libgnomevfs2-common depends on:
ii  gconf2                      2.6.3-2      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-mime-data             2.4.1-2      base MIME and Application database
ii  libbonobo2-0                2.6.2-5      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbz2-1.0                  1.0.2-1      A high-quality block-sorting file 
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfam0c102                 2.7.0-5      client library to control the FAM 
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.6.3-2      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                 1.2.0-6      LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.4.5-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomevfs2-0              2.6.1.1-6    The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11                 1.0.16-5     GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0               1.0-1        library for common error values an
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsmbclient                3.0.5-1      shared library that allows applica
ii  libxml2                     2.6.11-3     GNOME XML library
ii  shared-mime-info            0.14-1.1     FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1.1-5  compression library - runtime

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 264790-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: sjoerd@spring.luon.net (Sjoerd Simons)

To: 264790-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:59:58 +0100

Current gnome-vfs versions don't have schema files in /etc/gconf/schemas
anymore..

  Sjoerd
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Message #15 received at 264790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>

To: 264790@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#264790 acknowledged by developer (schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:36:57 +0100

reopen 264790
thanks

owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:

[...]

> Current gnome-vfs versions don't have schema files in /etc/gconf/schemas
> anymore..

I'm sorry but no. vfs packges doesn't remove schemas files in /etc/gconf
Please read again my bug report and the subject of this e-mail (schemas
files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

Christian

$ dlocate vfs | grep schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_dns_sd.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas


$ locate desktop_default_applications.schemas 
/etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas

$ locate desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas  
/etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas

$ locate system_http_proxy.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas

$ locate system_smb.schemas       
/etc/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas

Message #24 received at 264790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>

To: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>, 264790@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#264790: acknowledged by developer (schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:01:42 +0100

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And here comes the close/reopen fight specialist...

Le mardi 25 janvier 2005 à 22:36 +0100, Christian Marillat a écrit :
> reopen 264790
> thanks

> > Current gnome-vfs versions don't have schema files in /etc/gconf/schemas
> > anymore..
> 
> I'm sorry but no. vfs packges doesn't remove schemas files in /etc/gconf
> Please read again my bug report and the subject of this e-mail (schemas
> files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

So what? These files are not removed by dpkg, because there can be local
modifications that should still be available to the administrator. This
is not a problem with gnomeVFS or GConf; things are like this for every
Debian package.
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Message #29 received at 264790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>

To: 264790@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#264790: acknowledged by developer (schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:44:32 +0100

Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:

> And here comes the close/reopen fight specialist...

Then don't close a bug, when this bug isn't fixed.

Christian

Message #34 received at 264790-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>

To: 264790-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#264790: acknowledged by developer (schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:27:35 +0100

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Le mercredi 26 janvier 2005 à 06:44 +0100, Christian Marillat a écrit :
> Then don't close a bug, when this bug isn't fixed.

You are probably not the right person to say things like this.

For the case we're talking about, there is no bug in
libgnomevfs2-common, full stop. If you want to see a change in the
behavior of dpkg, please bring this to the -devel or -policy lists.
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`. `'                        joss@debian.org
  `-  Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom

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Message #39 received at 264790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>

To: 264790@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#264790 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#264790: acknowledged by developer (schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed))

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:18:00 +0100

reopen 264790
thanks

owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:

[...]

> Le mercredi 26 janvier 2005 =E0 06:44 +0100, Christian Marillat a =E9crit :
>> Then don't close a bug, when this bug isn't fixed.
>
> You are probably not the right person to say things like this.

LOL. Another one ?

> For the case we're talking about, there is no bug in
> libgnomevfs2-common, full stop. If you want to see a change in the
> behavior of dpkg, please bring this to the -devel or -policy lists.

No, this bug has nothing to do with policy or dpkg

May be you need to learn how md5sum works ? Then collect the md5sum
for schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas for each packages and then check
if these file are changed or not and remove files who have the same md5sum.

It is too hard ?

Christian

Message #46 received at 264790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>

To: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>, 264790@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#264790: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#264790: acknowledged by developer (schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed))

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:37:46 +0100

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tag 264790 - wontfix
reassign 264790 dpkg
merge 264790 182021
thanks

Le vendredi 28 janvier 2005 à 17:18 +0100, Christian Marillat a écrit :
> > For the case we're talking about, there is no bug in
> > libgnomevfs2-common, full stop. If you want to see a change in the
> > behavior of dpkg, please bring this to the -devel or -policy lists.
> 
> No, this bug has nothing to do with policy or dpkg
> 
> May be you need to learn how md5sum works ? Then collect the md5sum
> for schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas for each packages and then check
> if these file are changed or not and remove files who have the same md5sum.

Have you ever read the mail you're replying too? This is a case for
dpkg, and it was even already reported twice. Did it need all of these
duplicate bug reports?
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`. `'                        joss@debian.org
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