[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#580020: Bug#580020: clamav-base: always edits /etc/aliases (does not respect admin changes)

[Stephen Gran]

This one time, at band camp, Tollef Fog Heen said:
> From clamav-base.postinst:
> 
>   if [ -f /etc/aliases ] || [ -L /etc/aliases ]; then
>     if ! grep -qi "^clamav" /etc/aliases; then
>       echo "clamav: root" >> /etc/aliases
>       newal=`which newaliases || true`
>       if [ -n "$newal" ] && [ -x "$newal" ]; then
>         $newal || true
>       fi
>     fi
>   fi
> 
> This means there is no way for me to not have the clamav alias in
> /etc/aliases, for instance if I want to have it defined somewhere else.

How do other packages do this for system users?  I suppose just do it on
fresh install and never again?

I suppose I had never thought of removal of clamav from /etc/aliases as
user configuration, but I see your point.  Easy enough to fix.

Cheers,
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