upgrading backuppc to 4.4.0 puts all config under /etc rather than /etc/BackupPC as the previous versions. This includes /etc/Backuppc/hosts file which becomes /etc/hosts and overlaps with system /etc/hosts. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. intstall backuppc /etc/hosts 2. 3. Actual Results: Observe etc-update trying to update system /etc/hosts to /etc/hosts from backuppc diff of ebuilds form 3.3.1-r6 and 4.4.0 version shows 67c58 < CONFDIR="/etc/BackupPC" < 3.3.1-r6 --- > CONFDIR="${EROOT}/etc/${EPREFIX}" < 4.4.0 76,78d66
Came here to report the same. If not careful during the following dispatch-conf, one would overwrite /etc/hosts with the sample hosts file provided by BackupPC, so this is quite serious. The culprit is the the ebuild, particularly in the use of ${EPREFIX} in CONFDIR: > CONFDIR="${EROOT}/etc/${EPREFIX}" which should instead be > CONFIDR="${EROOT}/etc/${PN}"
On second thoughts, earlier versions and installations from BackupPC's source use /etc/BackupPC as the config directory, so it may be better to use > CONFDIR="/etc/BackupPC" to make sure upgrades from 3.3.1 go smoothly. I have tested with a local ebuild that incorporates the change above. Installation & operation seem to work fine.
Thank you very much for the hint. I changed the ebuild accordingly :)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=9f91bedde17217b2429ae2f9ed77060575aebe6e commit 9f91bedde17217b2429ae2f9ed77060575aebe6e Author: Dennis Eisele <kernlpanic@dennis-eisele.de> AuthorDate: 2022-08-24 14:47:56 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-09-09 06:20:49 +0000 app-backup/backuppc: fix wrong config path from /etc to /etc/BackupPc Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/866209 Signed-off-by: Dennis Eisele <kernlpanic@dennis-eisele.de> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/27001 Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> app-backup/backuppc/backuppc-4.4.0.ebuild | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
