Bug#333294: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#333294: Info received (A patch for the default mirror)

[Eddy Petrișor]

Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> I was thinking over this code this weekend, and I am worried about this one case:
>>>
>>> 1. user install pbuilder, lets pbuilder overwrite the config
>>> 2. user finds that auto-detected value doesn't work (it didn't have the right arch, etc.)
>>>  and modifies /etc/pbuilderrc
>>>
>>> 3. user upgrades pbuilder
>>>
>>> I have a gut feeling that pbuilder won't ask if it should overwrite
>>> the config file in 3, and the user is going to end up with a broken
>>> config.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>> No, by default, an existing pbuilderrc generates "don't overwrite config" behaviour.
>>
>> If the user fixes the pbuilderrc file, on upgrade his modification will be preserved.
> 
> I might have been unclear: 
> 
> If the user has once answered 'Yes' to the question "Overwrite
> config", if the user fixes the pbuilderrc file, will the user be
> prompted by the question again or will pbuilder silently rewrite the
> file on upgrade?

The default debconf level is medium. By default, the question about rewrite is asked at low prio. 
and *always* defaults to no. So, no, there will be NO silent rewrite:

Here is the code that makes sure of this:

[..]
                 db_get pbuilder/rewrite
                 [ "$RET" = "true" ] || exit 0

                 # make sure latter calls do not overwrite stuff silently
                 db_set pbuilder/rewrite "false"
[..]

-- 
Regards,
EddyP
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