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0006968GNUnetotherpublic2025-08-14 15:15
ReporterFlorian Dold Assigned ToChristian Grothoff  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product VersionGit master 
Target Version0.25.0Fixed in Version0.25.0 
Summary0006968: Debian package improvements
DescriptionThe current Debian package for GNUnet needs a few improvements. I'm filing this bug to keep track of them.

* User/group names should probably not be dynamic. I don't know any other Debian package that has variable user names. It just makes things more complex.

* Configuration files dynamically generated to /etc/ are just overwritten on each install. That's unacceptable, as it might overwrite user changes. We need to use the standard ucf tooling so that Debian manages configuration files on upgrades properly.

* We are currently installing systemd system unit files *dynamically* to /etc/, instead of using debhelper facilities.

* We are currently installiny systemd user unit files manually. This means that every user who logs in will auto"magically" run a GNUnet peer.

* We don't seem to use dpkg-statoverride correctly. We check with "dpkg-statoverride --list", but then don't use statoverride to *change* the permissions permanently.

* The insert_gns logic seems buggy, considering that "set -e" is set. The error handling part will never be executed, but the script will just be stopped.

* The whole NSS setup logic should IMHO only be executed when the user explicitly requested so via debconf.
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schanzen

2024-03-07 21:27

administrator   ~0021807

grothoff: Please close this or update as required

Christian Grothoff

2025-08-14 15:14

manager   ~0025644

2202bbd4dc..bb92c73cd5 fixes most of the above, except for /etc/gnunet.conf, which I'm not sure is a big deal.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2021-08-01 11:04 Florian Dold New Issue
2021-08-01 11:06 Florian Dold Description Updated
2024-03-07 21:26 schanzen Assigned To => Christian Grothoff
2024-03-07 21:26 schanzen Status new => assigned
2024-03-07 21:27 schanzen Note Added: 0021807
2025-08-14 15:14 Christian Grothoff Note Added: 0025644
2025-08-14 15:15 Christian Grothoff Status assigned => resolved
2025-08-14 15:15 Christian Grothoff Resolution open => fixed
2025-08-14 15:15 Christian Grothoff Fixed in Version => 0.25.0
2025-08-14 15:15 Christian Grothoff Product Version => Git master
2025-08-14 15:15 Christian Grothoff Target Version => 0.25.0