[pacman-dev] /etc/fstab rewritten by pacman!

[Dan McGee]

On 4/10/07, Andrew Fyfe <andrew at neptune-one.net> wrote:
> Dan McGee wrote:
> > On 4/10/07, Andrew Fyfe <andrew at neptune-one.net> wrote:
> >> Dan McGee wrote:
> >>> If this is it, then these should be the steps to reproduce (note that
> >>> these reports are starting at step 5, the other stuff happened in the
> >>> past):
> >>> 1. Install a package that had a NoUpgrade line.
> >>> 2. Edit a backup file.
> >>> 3. Upgrade the package, causing the local md5sum to be written to the
> >>> DB (instead of the original md5sum from the new package).
> >>> 4. Do NOT edit the file again, and remove the NoUpgrade line from pacman.conf.
> >>> 5. Upgrade the package, causing the 'original' and 'old' md5sum to be
> >>> identical, which allows pacman to write an upgraded file over your
> >>> custom config.
> >>>
> >>> Possible fixes:
> >>> 1. Put NoUpgrade lines back in. This is hacky/ugly IMO.
> >>> 2. Back up all config files that are to be overwritten as .pacold
> >>> files, even if they are supposedly legal candidates for overwriting.
> >>> This will cause some clutter on systems, however, but will ensure no
> >>> configurations are lost (although they would be moved).
> >> Confirmed, following Dan's instructions above I can replicate the problem.
> >
> > Wow, I'm half surprised I got that right. :) Good to hear since I hate
> > bugs that are not reproducible.
> >
> >> IMO option 2 plus a warning would be the best idea.
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >
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> This is kicking off because NoUpgrade doesn't store an MD5 of the
> original file in var/lib/pacman/local/*. If NoUpgrade is removed before
> the package is upgraded with the appropriate backup=(..) line, pacman
> overwrites the NoUpgrade files.
>
> A solution I think...
>
> Short-term:
> 1. Put NoUpgrade back into pacman.conf
> ...let a little time pass...
> 2. Update all packages containing NoUpgrade files to include the proper
> backup=() line.
> 3. Tell everyone to go run -Syu
> ...let a little time pass...
> 4. Remove NoUpgrade lines from pacman.conf
>
> Long-term:
> NoUpgrade needs to work the same way as backup=(..).

Sorry for the long wait guys. See new thread I'm going to open up soon
with the fix to this problem.

-Dan