[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#622368: mpd.conf(5) appears to mis-document parameters as required

[Reuben Thomas]

Package: mpd
Version: 0.16.1-1ubuntu1
Severity: minor

Among the parameters listed as REQUIRED are:

sticker_file
follow_outside_symlinks
follow_inside_symlinks

I do not have any of these set in my ~/.mpd/mpd.conf, yet I do not get
an error when I start mpd.

Further, each "follow" option has a default value, and it’s hard to
see how an option with a default value can be required.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers maverick-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'maverick-updates'), (500, 'maverick-security'), (500, 'maverick'), (99, 'natty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mpd depends on:
ii             3.112ubuntu1                  add and remove users and groups
ii             1.0.0-4                       Cross Platform Audio Output Librar
ii             1.0.23-1ubuntu2.1             shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii             0.2.6-8ubuntu1                Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii             4:0.6-2ubuntu6.1              ffmpeg codec library
ii             4:0.6-2ubuntu6.1              ffmpeg file format library
ii             4:0.6-2ubuntu6.1              ffmpeg utility library
ii             2.13-0ubuntu13                Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii             7.21.0-1ubuntu1               Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii             2.7-4                         freeware Advanced Audio Decoder -
ii             1.2.1-3                       Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii             1:4.5.1-7ubuntu2              GCC support library
ii             2.26.1-0ubuntu1               The GLib library of C routines
ii             0.15.1b-10build2              ID3 tag reading library from the M
ii             1.9.5~dfsg-19ubuntu1          JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii             0.15.1b-4ubuntu2              MPEG audio decoder library
ii             0.6-1                         MMS stream protocol library - shar
ii             3.98.4-0ubuntu1               An MP3 encoding library
ii             2:0.1~r459-1                  MusePack decoder - library
ii             1.2.0~dfsg-1                  Ogg bitstream library
ii             1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue- PulseAudio client libraries
ii             0.1.7-3                       Audio sample rate conversion libra
ii             2.2.2-5ubuntu1                MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming
ii             3.7.4-2ubuntu5                SQLite 3 shared library
ii             1.3.1-1                       The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii             1.3.1-1                       The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii             1.3.1-1                       The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii             4.60.1-1                      an audio codec (lossy and lossless

Versions of packages mpd recommends:
ii  avahi-daemon           0.6.27-2ubuntu3.1 Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon

Versions of packages mpd suggests:
ii             0.20.0-1                      Gnome Music Player Client (graphic
pn             <none>                        (no description available)
ii             1.0.6-2ubuntu1                MPD client for lastfmsubmitd
ii             0.19-2                        A command-line tool to interface M
ii             1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue- PulseAudio sound server

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/mpd changed [not included]

-- no debconf information