Bug 32879

Summary:	Eggdrop ebuild puts config under /opt by default and thereby when package is upgraded by portage they are overwritten without confirmation
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Mikael <micke>
Component:	Unclassified	Assignee:	Packages in net-irc <net-irc>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.