[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#695226: Bug#695226: Bug#695226: pnp4nagios: Upgrade fails due to changed ownership

[Sebastian Harl]

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 12:03:14PM +0100, Alma Mahler wrote:
> > > User/Group: icinga:icinga
> > such a group doesn't exist in the icinga packages. If you changed anything
> > to
> > have and use this group you are on your own, such a combination is not
> > supported and will probably never.
> 
> thanks for the answer. It would be ok to check for the user only.
> And/or, during the upgrade, not to touch the ownership of the
> directories and files. At least to give a hint in a README or during
> installation that the ownership has to be changed.

Well, this is true for each and every file installed by a Debian
package. I don't see why we should mention that in this particular
README file.

See the documentation of dpkg-statoverride(8) for a tool that might help
you achieve what you're trying to do. However, note that you are
entirely on your own regarding that kind of setup including maintaining
it whenever any of the affected packages change.

Anyway, why did you switch from nagios:nagios to icinga:icinga in the
first place?

Cheers,
Sebastian

-- 
Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.         -- Benjamin Franklin

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-nagios-devel/attachments/20121211/40ea2d58/attachment.pgp>