[Logcheck-devel] Bug#355949: logcheck is processing logcheck.dpkg-old

[Ross Boylan]

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.43a
Severity: normal

Since the upgrade from 1.2.42 a couple of days ago I've been receiving
messages like

Security Events
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-sd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-fd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-sd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-fd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
# etc
Security Events for logcheck.dpkg-old
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-sd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-fd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
Mar  8 01:05:03 wheat bacula-sd: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: host name/address mismatch: 192.168.40.1 != wheat.betterworld.us
# etc

find shows there are quite a few dpkg-old files in my logcheck config
directories.

I wasn't asked any questions on upgrade (e.g., do you want to replace
your current file with the version in the package).

I'm not sure if the problem is that logcheck is paying attention to
the dpkg-old files or that the files exist.  

The former interpretation is consistent with bug 353793 and the change
away from run-parts noted there.  Probably the behavior reported here
has the same underlying cause.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27advncdfs
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser          3.80                    Add and remove users and groups
ii  cron             3.0pl1-92               management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.70                  Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.15.2                  Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  exim [mail-trans 3.36-18                 An MTA (Mail Transport Agent)
ii  grep             2.5.1.ds2-4             GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.43a                 database of system log rules for t
ii  logtail          1.2.43a                 Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-17                System Logging Daemon

logcheck recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* logcheck/security_level: workstation
* logcheck/manage_conffiles: true
* logcheck/auto_create_logfiles: true
  logcheck/upgrade-note:
* logcheck/changes:
* logcheck/install-note:
* logcheck/rules-directories-note:
* logcheck/email_address: root
* logcheck/rewrite-note: