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Bug 312841 - net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.1.1[-suid]: confusing elog message
Summary: net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.1.1[-suid]: confusing elog message
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Netmon project
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Reported: 2010-04-02 16:46 UTC by Martin von Gagern
Modified: 2010-04-12 14:55 UTC (History)
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Description Martin von Gagern 2010-04-02 16:46:02 UTC 
Latest tcpdump introduces a suid USE flag in response to bug #283527.
If that USE flag is set, tcpdump will be installed suid root.
However, the postinst function prints an elog message unconditionally, claiming that "To let normal users run tcpdump add them into tcpdump group."
I'd suggest that message to be only logged if USE=suid, as it's wrong otherwise.
Comment 1 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-04-07 17:23:44 UTC 
Thank you Martin. Fixed in the tree.
Comment 2 Martin von Gagern 2010-04-09 13:27:11 UTC 
It was fixed in 4.1.0-r1 for which I originally reported this, but it's back in tcpdump-4.1.1. Guess the bump was based on an outdated ebuild.
Comment 3 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-04-12 14:55:26 UTC 
Fixed again. Thank you.