518982 – app-backup/amanda - misleading postinstall log message

Bug 518982 - app-backup/amanda - misleading postinstall log message

Summary: app-backup/amanda - misleading postinstall log message

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Robin Johnson

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Reported:	2014-08-03 22:21 UTC by Christopher Head
Modified:	2015-09-20 07:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description Christopher Head 2014-08-03 22:21:26 UTC

After installing Amanda, the ebuild outputs this message among others:

 * If you use localhost in your disklist your restores may break.
 * You should replace it with the actual hostname!
 * Please also see the syntax changes to amandahosts.

This is potentially bad advice: anyone using the “local” authentication method *MUST* use localhost as hostname in their disklist, as far as I can tell!

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Stefan G. Weichinger 2014-08-05 09:36:07 UTC

You are correct, although I personally don't really like using that method.
Anyway, yes, this message should be modified to reflect this special auth-method.
Thanks, Stefan

Comment 2 Stefan G. Weichinger 2015-09-16 07:39:44 UTC

@robin: suggested patch in here:

https://github.com/stefangweichinger/gentoo-overlay/commit/e042681c72db8df3aabf0bef4e63f2248eed211f

Comment 3 Ian Delaney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-09-20 07:30:47 UTC

Adding the text hoping all is fine.

commit 4c82f4e29993449f34e902e4ed0463543f82795e
Author: Ian Delaney <idella4@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 20 15:28:59 2015 +0800

    app-backup/amanda: postinstall log message ammended to all ebuilds
    
    patch by Proxied developer, sourced from bug #518982