[CentOS] Updated krb5 rpm package altered existing krb5.conf - No go

Thu Jun 21 14:24:04 UTC 2018
Götz Reinicke <goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de>


> Am 18.06.2018 um 16:33 schrieb me at tdiehl.org:
> 
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018, G?tz Reinicke wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 15.06.2018 um 01:04 schrieb Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>> On 06/14/2018 09:30 AM, me at tdiehl.org wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, Richard Grainger wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I looked at the spec file in the source RPM for the krb5-libs package
>>>>> and it it has the correct %config(noreplace) directive next to that
>>>>> file in the %files section, so this is mysterious.
>>>> 
>>>> I too can confirm this behavior.
>>> 
>>> # rpm -qa krb\* --triggers
>>> triggerun scriptlet (using /bin/sh) -- krb5-libs < 1.15.1-13
>>> if ! grep -q 'includedir /etc/krb5.conf.d' /etc/krb5.conf ; then
>>>    sed -i '1i # Other applications require this directory to perform krb5 configuration.\nincludedir /etc/krb5.conf.d/\n' /etc/krb5.conf
>>> fi
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Looks like that's the culprit.
>> 
>> 
>> Good to know, but writing a rpmnew or rpmsave file would be nice to check against the life used file.
> 
> Agreed! IMO this is a packaging bug. Triggers do not drop rpmsave files. I suspect the chances of getting
> Red Hat to fix it are slim to none. Fixing it would most likely break other things for them.
> 
>> 
>> The samba people are aware of that problem regarding the include line and are working on a patch ? the support at SerNet told me.
> 
> I agree they are aware of it but I suspect it is a low priority thing given
> they have known about this since 2016-12-29.
> 
> I do think it would be relatively easy for SerNet to patch around in their
> paid for rpms. alas I do not have the budget for them. :-(
> 
> The bug is available at https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12488 <https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12488>

Patched https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11573 <https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11573>

	/Götz