Debian Bug report logs - #240582
postinst destroys /etc/default/hotplug

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

From: sven kissner <sven.kissner@consistencies.net>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: hotplug: configuration of the 'subsystems' (usb,pci,input) via debconf

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 04:39:53 +0200

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Package: hotplug
Version: 0.0.20040311-12
Severity: wishlist

there should be a simple way to enable/disable the different 'subsystems' 
like usb,pci,input. i only use usb, therefore i want to disable the others.
renaming the appropriate *.rc files manualy should do the trick but adding 
such a feature via debconf would come in handy. 

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.4-ck1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages hotplug depends on:
ii  debconf                      1.4.17      Debian configuration management 
sy
ii  module-init-tools            3.0-pre10-2 tools for managing Linux kernel 
mo
ii  modutils                     2.4.26-1    Linux module utilities
ii  procps                       1:3.2.0-1   The /proc file system utilities

- -- debconf information excluded

keep on rockin'
sven
- -- 
what we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. what we call random 
is just patterns we can't decipher. what we can't understand we call 
nonsense. what we can't read we call gibberish. - chuck palahniuk, survivor
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Message #10 received at 240582@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>

To: sven kissner <sven.kissner@consistencies.net>, 240582@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#240582: hotplug: configuration of the 'subsystems' (usb,pci,input) via debconf

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 10:06:41 +0200

retitle 240582 postinst destroys /etc/default/hotplug
severity 240582 normal
thanks

On Mar 28, sven kissner <sven.kissner@consistencies.net> wrote:

> there should be a simple way to enable/disable the different 'subsystems' 
> like usb,pci,input. i only use usb, therefore i want to disable the others.
> renaming the appropriate *.rc files manualy should do the trick but adding 
> such a feature via debconf would come in handy. 
You can do this by adding variables like this to /etc/default/hotplug:

HOTPLUG_RC_input=no

but:

- currently postinst rewrites the file at every upgrade (and this is one
  of the reasons I want to remove all traces of debconf from the package)
- debconf is not a generic configuration system and should not be used
  for this
- I do not want to encourage disabling hotplug subsystems because most
  users will not understand why they need it and will break their
  system, especially 2.6-based systems.

-- 
ciao, |
Marco | [5404 asxnW1XlfX1dE]

Message #19 received at 240582-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>

To: 240582-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#240582: fixed in hotplug 0.0.20040329-3

Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 13:17:05 -0500

Source: hotplug
Source-Version: 0.0.20040329-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
hotplug, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

hotplug_0.0.20040329-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/h/hotplug/hotplug_0.0.20040329-3.diff.gz
hotplug_0.0.20040329-3.dsc
  to pool/main/h/hotplug/hotplug_0.0.20040329-3.dsc
hotplug_0.0.20040329-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/h/hotplug/hotplug_0.0.20040329-3_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 240582@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp> (supplier of updated hotplug package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.7
Date: Fri,  2 Apr 2004 02:49:20 +0900
Source: hotplug
Binary: hotplug
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.0.20040329-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
Changed-By: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
Description: 
 hotplug    - Linux Hotplug Scripts
Closes: 232909 237952 240582 241144 241225 241326
Changes: 
 hotplug (0.0.20040329-3) unstable; urgency=low
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   * debian/hotplug.postinst
     preserve /etc/default/hotplug
     closes: Bug#240582
     anyway, current debconf configurations are deprecated, and
     I plan to delete these configuration variables in future.
     If you need something to load at start time, use /etc/modules instead.
   * debian/hotplug.postinst
     move deprecated /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap.local
     to /etc/hotplug/usb/local.usermap
     closes: Bug#241144
   * debian/hotplug.dirs: add /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d
     patches/014_load_drivers_blacklist_dir
      blacklist can be added by other packages, such as ALSA
     closes: Bug#241225
   * patches/013_load_drivers_check_module_dup
     patches/012_usb.agent_check_driver
     don't load drivers several times.
     closes: Bug#232909, Bug#237952, Bug#241326
   * patches/012_usb.rc_try_all_interfaces
      for TYPE=0/* USB devices, it will have several interfaces, so
      try them at startup time. problem reported by mat@nask.pl
   * patches/012_pci.rc_return_value
     backported
   * patches/011_hotplug.functions_quote_loaded
     backported
Files: 
 7ee8d5e912af7bd707a5372afcb74bd9 671 admin standard hotplug_0.0.20040329-3.dsc
 baf77251a8bd30b39deeff7d256d21ec 30065 admin standard hotplug_0.0.20040329-3.diff.gz
 71331ba0423bf18648bd61139c955ae2 52554 admin standard hotplug_0.0.20040329-3_all.deb

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