32879 – Eggdrop ebuild puts config under /opt by default and thereby when package is upgraded by portage they are overwritten without confirmation

Bug 32879 - Eggdrop ebuild puts config under /opt by default and thereby when package is upgraded by portage they are overwritten without confirmation

Summary: Eggdrop ebuild puts config under /opt by default and thereby when package is ...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Unclassified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Packages in net-irc

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Reported:	2003-11-06 07:42 UTC by Mikael
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:21 UTC (History)
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Description Mikael 2003-11-06 07:42:48 UTC

emerge eggdrop
configure /opt/eggdrop/eggdrop.conf
put your system on autoupdate
try to rehash bot sometime a month later and find out that the portage overwrote /opt/eggdrop/eggdrop.conf because /opt isn't a protected config directory. 

action to take: modify the ebuilt not to put any configuration files under locations where they aren't protected from upgrades.

Comment 1 Chuck Short (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-07 13:53:14 UTC

That is what eggdrop-installer is for it creates a eggdrop bot in your home
directory.