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suse＠karsites.net

20 Oct 2005 20 Oct '05

07:01

Hi there. I have just done an update with YOU. I'm still having a problem with the apache2 update overwriting my /etc/sysconfig/apache2 configuration file. Can the guys at SuSE please sort this. I would like to set up an automatic update with YOU, that will leave my sysconfig files alone. Does anyone else on the list have this problem when updating apache2? Kind Regards - Keith

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David Bear

20 Oct 20 Oct

20:19

New subject: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 08:01:27AM +0100, suse@karsites.net wrote:

Hi there. I have just done an update with YOU.

I'm still having a problem with the apache2 update overwriting my /etc/sysconfig/apache2 configuration file.

I just did 2 machines using yast2 and had no problems with having my config file clobbered.

Can the guys at SuSE please sort this.

I would like to set up an automatic update with YOU, that will leave my sysconfig files alone.

Does anyone else on the list have this problem when updating apache2?

Kind Regards - Keith

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Hubertus A. Haniel

21 Oct 21 Oct

00:02

New subject: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, David Bear wrote:

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:19:32 -0700 From: David Bear To: suse@karsites.net Cc: suse-security@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 08:01:27AM +0100, suse@karsites.net wrote:

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Hi there. I have just done an update with YOU.

I'm still having a problem with the apache2 update overwriting my /etc/sysconfig/apache2 configuration file.

I just did 2 machines using yast2 and had no problems with having my config file clobbered.

Just checked mine and got a bit worried as the date has changed - restored the oldest backup I could find and did a diff on it to find out that nothing actually had changed inside the file - which version of SuSE are you running? Regards Hubba

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James H Tsuruta

00:38

New subject: [suse-security] Apache2 update

The same thing happened to me on a system running SuSE 9.0. My APACHE_MODULES reverted to a default (I think) after a YOU... Restarted apache2 somewhere down the line, and voila, no more php! I didn't really know what I was doing, so I had dismissed it as user error, but it would make me feel less dumb if I could blame it on the YOUpdate. The PHP installation I am using is self-compiled, not a SuSE package. Could that be a contributing factor? James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hubertus A. Haniel" To: "David Bear" Cc: Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, David Bear wrote:

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:19:32 -0700 From: David Bear To: suse@karsites.net Cc: suse-security@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 08:01:27AM +0100, suse@karsites.net wrote:

...
Hi there. I have just done an update with YOU.

I'm still having a problem with the apache2 update overwriting my /etc/sysconfig/apache2 configuration file.

I just did 2 machines using yast2 and had no problems with having my config file clobbered.

Just checked mine and got a bit worried as the date has changed - restored the oldest backup I could find and did a diff on it to find out that nothing actually had changed inside the file - which version of SuSE are you running?

Regards Hubba

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Dr. Peter Poeml

11:04

New subject: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 09:38:15AM +0900, James H Tsuruta wrote:

The same thing happened to me on a system running SuSE 9.0. My APACHE_MODULES reverted to a default (I think) after a YOU... Restarted apache2 somewhere down the line, and voila, no more php! I didn't really

What do you mean by "I think"? Do you know or not? :-) A change to APACHE_MODULES should not happen, I have never seen one to occur in literally thousands of updates and I would have no explanation why one _should_ occur. It would be a serious bug indeed.

know what I was doing, so I had dismissed it as user error, but it would make me feel less dumb if I could blame it on the YOUpdate.

... I'm sorry. :-)

The PHP installation I am using is self-compiled, not a SuSE package. Could that be a contributing factor?

No, there should not be any interrelation.

James

Regards, Peter -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Thought is limitation. Research & Development Free your mind.

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suse＠karsites.net

09:07

New subject: [suse-security] Apache2 update

I'm running SuSE 9.2 pro :-) Keith On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Hubertus A. Haniel wrote:

Just checked mine and got a bit worried as the date has changed - restored the oldest backup I could find and did a diff on it to find out that nothing actually had changed inside the file - which version of SuSE are you running?

Regards Hubba

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Dr. Peter Poeml

11:02

New subject: [suse-security] Apache2 update

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 08:01:27AM +0100, suse@karsites.net wrote:

Hi there. I have just done an update with YOU.

I'm still having a problem with the apache2 update overwriting my /etc/sysconfig/apache2 configuration file.

Can the guys at SuSE please sort this.

It does not overwrite anything. It just may seem so, because the timestamp is changed. The file is actually touched but it should not be changed. The mechanism is the same which is used during a system upgrade -- the sysconfig file is compared with a template in /var/adm/fillup-templates/ and variables are added if necessarey. The thing is that during a YOU-Update there is probably never a case where a new variable is introduced, so no actual change will occur. It *may* happen that the meta headers in comments are updated, or the number of empty lines changes during the rewrite... but no functional change. This should probably go into some FAQ. If anyone observes an unexpected change of the value of a variable, it would be a bug in a package named "fillup".

I would like to set up an automatic update with YOU, that will leave my sysconfig files alone.

It would be a bug if it would change anything.

Does anyone else on the list have this problem when updating apache2?

Kind Regards - Keith

Regards, Peter -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Thought is limitation. Research & Development Free your mind.

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