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Date:      Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:04:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Thomas Sandford <freebsduser@paradisegreen.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/40276: slurp port overwrites/delete existing configuration file
Message-ID:  <200207062204.g66M4uui075742@www.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         40276
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       slurp port overwrites/delete existing configuration file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 06 15:10:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thomas Sandford
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE-p1 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD almaz.paradise 4.6-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE-p1 #0: Fri Jun 28 22:08:33 GMT 2002     root@tora.jp.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386    
>Description:
Installing(/deinstalling) package slurp-1.10_1 causes any existing configuration file /usr/local/news/lib/slurp.sys to be overwritten(/deleted).

Since this file may be quite long this is a considerable annoyance.   
>How-To-Repeat:
Create file /usr/local/news/lib/slurp.sys
Install package slurp-1.10_1
[verify file has been overwritten]
De-install package
[verify file has now been removed]
>Fix:
Package should install a sample file instead, eg
/usr/local/news/lib/slurp.sys.sample
and produce a message on installation reminding the user to copy and edit the file (as per guidelines in section 15.14 of the porters handbook).     
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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