Debian Bug report logs - #499790
installing cvs creates and populates /srv/cvs

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

From: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>

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

Subject: installing cvs creates and populates /srv/cvs

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:51:27 +0800

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Package: cvs
Version: 1:1.12.13-12
Severity: normal

Installing cvs creates /srv/cvs and populates it with data.

The FHS says that the layout of /srv is unspecified and therefore
packages should not depend on any specific layout by default. IMO they
should not touch /srv at all except when configured to by the sysadmin.

/srv/cvs gets populated with data because the default debconf location
for repositories is /srv/cvs and the default denconf action for
repositories that are broken or not found is to create them.

IMO the right fix for this is to set the default debconf location for
repositories to an empty list and perhaps suggest in the text that the
sysadmin should choose /srv/cvs or similar for the data.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cvs depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.22            Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                  2.7-13            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libpam-runtime         1.0.1-4           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               1.0.1-4+b1        Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  update-inetd           4.31              inetd configuration file updater
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cvs recommends:
ii  info [info-browser]     4.11.dfsg.1-4    Standalone GNU Info documentation 
ii  konqueror [info-browser 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5 KDE's advanced file manager, web b
ii  netbase                 4.34             Basic TCP/IP networking system

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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Message #10 received at 499790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>

To: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>, 499790@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#499790: installing cvs creates and populates /srv/cvs

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:08:34 +0100

tags 499790 +wontfix
thanks

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 07:51:27PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>Package: cvs
>Version: 1:1.12.13-12
>Severity: normal
>
>Installing cvs creates /srv/cvs and populates it with data.
>
>The FHS says that the layout of /srv is unspecified and therefore
>packages should not depend on any specific layout by default. IMO they
>should not touch /srv at all except when configured to by the sysadmin.
>
>/srv/cvs gets populated with data because the default debconf location
>for repositories is /srv/cvs and the default denconf action for
>repositories that are broken or not found is to create them.
>
>IMO the right fix for this is to set the default debconf location for
>repositories to an empty list and perhaps suggest in the text that the
>sysadmin should choose /srv/cvs or similar for the data.

To be honest, I think our current interactions with the FHS wrt /srv
are completely broken. I'm not going to spend any time on this until
we've managed to agree a reasonable policy distro-wide. Feel free to
start that discussion... :-)

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
< liw> everything I know about UK hotels I learned from "Fawlty Towers"

Message #17 received at 499790@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>

To: 499790 <499790@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#499790: installing cvs creates and populates /srv/cvs

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:01:32 +0800

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On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 13:08 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:

> To be honest, I think our current interactions with the FHS wrt /srv
> are completely broken. I'm not going to spend any time on this until
> we've managed to agree a reasonable policy distro-wide. Feel free to
> start that discussion... :-)

I'm not really game to do so right now :)

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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Message #22 received at 499790-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>

To: 499790-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#499790: fixed in cvs 2:1.12.13+real-4

Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 01:17:26 +0000

Source: cvs
Source-Version: 2:1.12.13+real-4

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

cvs_1.12.13+real-4.diff.gz
  to main/c/cvs/cvs_1.12.13+real-4.diff.gz
cvs_1.12.13+real-4.dsc
  to main/c/cvs/cvs_1.12.13+real-4.dsc
cvs_1.12.13+real-4_amd64.deb
  to main/c/cvs/cvs_1.12.13+real-4_amd64.deb
cvs_1.12.13+real.orig.tar.gz
  to main/c/cvs/cvs_1.12.13+real.orig.tar.gz



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 499790@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> (supplier of updated cvs package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 01:00:39 +0000
Source: cvs
Binary: cvs
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 2:1.12.13+real-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>
Changed-By: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>
Description: 
 cvs        - Concurrent Versions System
Closes: 60800 113809 168300 306354 306432 329151 340984 343169 393436 408117 458864 464134 464137 479752 482301 495938 499790 511643 518600 563856 576035 607297 614700 617578
Changes: 
 cvs (2:1.12.13+real-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Renamed .orig.tar.gz due to archive pathname conflict
   * d/README.source: Document patch location (VCS-CVS, VCS-Browser alike)
   * New build from MirPorts 1.12.13-10 = MirOS BSD 0AAE.1
     - Contains changes from cvs (1:1.12.13-12ubuntu1):
       + Apply fix from Kees Cook to avoid %n in writable memory (LP: #296453)
     - Other BTS relevant changes:
       + Allow CVSROOT-less “version” (LP: #97683) and “cvs version”
       + Update loginfo documentation, ‘%{t}’ is indeed gone (Closes: #329151)
       + Lower syslog level from emergency (Closes: #563856)
       + Fix awk substr start argument, thanks John Hughes (Closes: #518600)
       + Rename nodes with colons in them (Closes: #113809)
       + Fix typo (Closes: #464137)
       + Document missing rcs2log(1) options (Closes: #306354) and fix dashes
   * Upload new package to Debian unstable (Closes: #306432)
     (Closes: #458864) (Closes: #464134) (Closes: #479752)
     (Closes: #576035) (Closes: #614700) (Closes: #617578)
     - Drop PAM (Closes: #340984) (Closes: #393436)
     - No longer installs repositories (Closes: #168300)
       (Closes: #408117) (Closes: #482301) (Closes: #499790)
       (Closes: #511643) (Closes: #607297)
     - Deprecate pserver (Closes: #343169) (Closes: #495938)
     - Drop Origin and Bugs headers again (upload to Debian proper)
       and old (pre-Debian upload) private repo changelog entries
     - Thank you, Steve, for handing over package maintainership!
   * Clarify package description (LP: #377411)
   * Build with Kerberos V support (Closes: #60800) (LP: #157760)
   * Recommends: openssh-client; Suggests: rcs
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