Bug#1071058: mumble-server: prompting due to modified conffiles which were not modified by the user: /etc/mumble/mumble-server.ini

[Chris Knadle]

Upstream has changed the location for the mumble-server.ini file from 
/etc/ to /etc/mumble/ which I'm assuming is why this is happening. 
Somehow the logic the package install is currently configured for 
probably misses this case, and I'll need to figure out how to handle it.

I also missed this email for a couple of weeks -- I just realized that I 
might be able to create a Sieve rule to catch mumble bugs sent to the 
mailing list and copy them to my Debian-Bugs folder so that I'll be able 
to catch them quicker.

Thank you for the links to the policy and hints on how this bug might be 
addressed. https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling in particular 
discusses moving a conffile which is what I think I need.

   -- Chris

-- 
Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle at coredump.us

On 5/13/24 12:19, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: mumble-server
> Version: 1.5.517-2
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed the piuparts
> upgrade test because dpkg detected a conffile as being modified and then
> prompted the user for an action. As there is no user input, this fails.
> But this is not the real problem, the real problem is that this prompt
> shows up in the first place, as there was nobody modifying this conffile
> at all, the package has just been installed and upgraded...
>
> This is a violation of policy 10.7.3, see
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#behavior,
> which says "[These scripts handling conffiles] must not ask unnecessary
> questions (particularly during upgrades), and must otherwise be good
> citizens."
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling should help with figuring
> out how to do this properly.
>
> In https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00675.html and
> followups it has been agreed that these bugs are to be filed with
> severity serious.
>
>  From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
>    Setting up mumble-server (1.5.517-2) ...
>    
>    Configuration file '/etc/mumble/mumble-server.ini'
>     ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
>     ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
>       What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
>        Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
>        N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
>          D     : show the differences between the versions
>          Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
>     The default action is to keep your current version.
>    *** mumble-server.ini (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing package mumble-server (--configure):
>     end of file on stdin at conffile prompt
>
>
> cheers,
>
> Andreas