237797 – sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1 overwrites /etc/ietd.conf on reinstall

Bug 237797 - sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1 overwrites /etc/ietd.conf on reinstall

Summary: sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1 overwrites /etc/ietd.conf on reinstall

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High critical (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2008-09-15 22:06 UTC by Randy Smith
Modified:	2008-10-02 19:01 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Randy Smith 2008-09-15 22:06:24 UTC

emerge sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1 overwrites existing /etc/ietd.conf on reinstall. (A reinstall is required after a kernel update to reinstall the kernel module for the new kernel version.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge '=sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1'
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Actual Results:  
/etc/ietd.conf is replaced with the default config file.

Expected Results:  
An temporary config that would be updated with etc-update.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2008-10-02 19:01:09 UTC

i cant reproduce this nor is there anything in the ebuild which touches $ROOT, nor any code that runs in a pkg_* step

see if 0.4.16_p162 causes you problems as that is going stable