Bug#798462: libsasl2-2: recreate and use /etc/sasl2/ for new installations

[Ondřej Surý]

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Hi David,

could you please describe what problem are you trying to solve?

Cheers,
Ondrej

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015, at 16:52, David Magda wrote:
> Package: libsasl2-2
> Version: 2.1.26.dfsg1-13
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> The upstream code uses /etc/sasl2/ as the default configuration
> directory,
> as is illustrated in libsasl2.so:
> 
> $ strings /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsasl2.so.2 | grep etc
> sasl_auxprop_getctx
> /etc/sasl2:/etc/sasl:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sasl2:/usr/lib/sasl2
> 
> However the Debian package, for new installations, uses the
> last-on-the-list
> directory /usr/lib/sasl2/. Would it be possible to start using
> /etc/sasl2/
> going forward?
> 
> 
> Perhaps something like the following for Debian 9/stretch:
>  * new installation:
>    * create /etc/sasl2/, put files there
>    * link /usr/lib/sasls2 to /etc/sasl2
>  * upgrade:
>    * check for presense of /etc/sasl2 and /usr/lib/sasl2
>      * if both exist, do nothing
>      * if only one exists, link the other to it
>        * /usr/lib/sasl2 will probably exist, so link /etc/sasl2 to it
>  * update documentation to refer to /etc/sasl2 exclusively
>  * add a README to inform folks that /usr/lib/sasl2 is depreciated, and
>    they should put/move all file from it to /etc/sasl2 
> 
> Then in Debian 10/buster, don't create /usr/lib/sasl2 in the .deb file.
> Also
> perhaps try removing it completely from the search path early in the
> release
> cycle.
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 8.1
>   APT prefers stable
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> 
> Versions of packages libsasl2-2 depends on:
> ii  libc6                2.19-18
> ii  libsasl2-modules-db  2.1.26.dfsg1-13
> ii  multiarch-support    2.19-18
> 
> Versions of packages libsasl2-2 recommends:
> ii  libsasl2-modules  2.1.26.dfsg1-13
> 
> libsasl2-2 suggests no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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