David M. Dowdle
2004-Aug-26 22:54 UTC
[Logcheck-devel] Bug#268277: logcheck: deb. policy 12.1 violation, no documantation/man pages for conf files
Package: logcheck Version: 1.2.25 Severity: important There is no documentation on how, or even where to add/subtract rules to logcheck. debian policy, section 12.1 says there should me manpages for conf files, and if missing it is a bug. this missing, makes package mostly useless, due to false reports. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.21 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages logcheck depends on: ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups ii cron 3.0pl1-86 management of regular background p ii debconf [debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii lockfile-progs 0.1.10 Programs for locking and unlocking ii logcheck-databas 1.2.25 A database of system log rules for ii logtail 1.2.25 Print log file lines that have not ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-1 A simple mail user agent ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sendmail-bin [ma 8.13.1-10 A powerful, efficient, and scalabl ii sysklogd [system 1.4.1-15 System Logging Daemon -- debconf information: * logcheck/noroot: logcheck/changes: * logcheck/install-note:
Debian Bug Tracking System
2004-Sep-07 00:03 UTC
[Logcheck-devel] Bug#268277: marked as done (logcheck: deb. policy 12.1 violation, no documantation/man pages for conf files)
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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 26 Aug 2004 22:54:50 +0000>From ddowdle at clouded.leopard.net Thu Aug 26 15:54:50 2004Return-path: <ddowdle at clouded.leopard.net> Received: from adsl-67-114-155-146.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net (clouded.leopard.net) [67.114.155.146] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1C0T8r-0007ba-00; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:54:49 -0700 Received: from clouded.leopard.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clouded.leopard.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Debian-10) with ESMTP id i7QMsffO020984 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:54:41 -0700 Received: (from ddowdle at localhost) by clouded.leopard.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Debian-10) id i7QMsfaB020982; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:54:41 -0700 Message-Id: <200408262254.i7QMsfaB020982 at clouded.leopard.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "David M. Dowdle" <ddowdle at clouded.leopard.net> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org> Subject: logcheck: deb. policy 12.1 violation, no documantation/man pages for conf files X-Mailer: reportbug 2.64 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:54:41 -0700 Delivered-To: submit at bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: Package: logcheck Version: 1.2.25 Severity: important There is no documentation on how, or even where to add/subtract rules to logcheck. debian policy, section 12.1 says there should me manpages for conf files, and if missing it is a bug. this missing, makes package mostly useless, due to false reports. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.21 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages logcheck depends on: ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups ii cron 3.0pl1-86 management of regular background p ii debconf [debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii lockfile-progs 0.1.10 Programs for locking and unlocking ii logcheck-databas 1.2.25 A database of system log rules for ii logtail 1.2.25 Print log file lines that have not ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-1 A simple mail user agent ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sendmail-bin [ma 8.13.1-10 A powerful, efficient, and scalabl ii sysklogd [system 1.4.1-15 System Logging Daemon -- debconf information: * logcheck/noroot: logcheck/changes: * logcheck/install-note: --------------------------------------- Received: (at 268277-close) by bugs.debian.org; 6 Sep 2004 23:53:43 +0000>From katie at ftp-master.debian.org Mon Sep 06 16:53:43 2004Return-path: <katie at ftp-master.debian.org> Received: from newraff.debian.org [208.185.25.31] (mail) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1C4TIt-0000zM-00; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:53:43 -0700 Received: from katie by newraff.debian.org with local (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1C4TCR-0008Qt-00; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:47:03 -0400 From: Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org> To: 268277-close at bugs.debian.org X-Katie: $Revision: 1.51 $ Subject: Bug#268277: fixed in logcheck 1.2.27 Message-Id: <E1C4TCR-0008Qt-00 at newraff.debian.org> Sender: Archive Administrator <katie at ftp-master.debian.org> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:47:03 -0400 Delivered-To: 268277-close at bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: Source: logcheck Source-Version: 1.2.27 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of logcheck, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: logcheck-database_1.2.27_all.deb to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck-database_1.2.27_all.deb logcheck_1.2.27.dsc to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.27.dsc logcheck_1.2.27.tar.gz to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.27.tar.gz logcheck_1.2.27_all.deb to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.27_all.deb logtail_1.2.27_all.deb to pool/main/l/logcheck/logtail_1.2.27_all.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 268277 at bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org> (supplier of updated logcheck package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster at debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Monday, 06 Sep 2004 19:10:19 -0500 Source: logcheck Binary: logcheck logtail logcheck-database Architecture: source all Version: 1.2.27 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian logcheck Team <logcheck-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org> Description: logcheck - Mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator logcheck-database - A database of system log rules for the use of log checkers logtail - Print log file lines that have not been read Closes: 268277 269310 269318 269959 270191 Changes: logcheck (1.2.27) unstable; urgency=low . todd: * Add pointer to README.logcheck-database.gz in logcheck man page. 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