Bug#288063: [pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#288063: Reopen? /etc/fetchmailrc contains passwords

[Nico Golde]

Hallo Loic,

* Loic Minier <lool at dooz.org> [2005-10-18 14:34]:
> reopen 288063
> thanks
> 
>         Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2005, Jeremy S Bygott wrote:
> > But are we happy about this?  There is at least one reason why
> > fetchmail ( <= 6.2.5-12sarge1 ) does not purge this file. The message
> > in the postrm,
> >        "Not removing /etc/fetchmailrc ..."
> > is uninformative but does show that non-deletion was a deliberate
> > decision by the postrm's author.  And in the changelog.Debian.gz for
> > fetchmail (5.7.6-2) we read:
> >   * Remind user that /etc/fetchmailrc is not removed on package
> >     purge (we don't provide it, after all...)
> > That seems to be a good and decisive reason!
> > [...]
> >    echo "Not removing /etc/fetchmailrc (file provided by administrator)..."
> 
>  I completely agree with your reasoning, and /etc/fetchmailrc should
>  simply be kept.  Please do not prompt for its suppression, it will add
>  complecity and bugs.
> 
>  (I'm reopening this bug.)

Ok just to clarifiy you mean keeping the /etc/fetchmailrc in 
the case of a purge too?
Thats not what purge ist for.
Regards Nico
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