base-files (13.5) unstable; urgency=medium [ Chris Hofstaedtler ] * Fix typo in preinst: lib64 -> libx32. Closes: #1077863. [ Helmut Grohne ] * Work around /lib64 link created by systemd-nspawn. Closes: #1077866. [ Santiago Vila ] * Add lintian overrides for the directories that have become symlinks. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:30:00 +0200 base-files (13.4) unstable; urgency=medium [ Helmut Grohne ] * Tighten the merged-/usr preinst check. Closes: #1076491. [ Santiago Vila ] * Raise Standards-Version to 4.7.0. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0200 base-files (13.3) unstable; urgency=medium [ Helmut Grohne ] * DEP17: Install /usr-merge aliasing symlinks. Closes: #1064459. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:35:00 +0200 base-files (13.2) unstable; urgency=medium * Document that /etc/profile is not a conffile anymore. Closes: #868095. * Use a regexp to source files in /etc/profile.d. The behaviour should now be well defined and consistent. Closes: #885414, #1069279. * Add NEWS.Debian entry for the above. * Document that the default umask is defined in /etc/login.defs. Closes: #983606. * Add #DEBHELPER# token to postinst to make lintian happy. * Make binary package to be git-reproducible. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 03 May 2024 18:15:00 +0200 base-files (13.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Rename postinst.in to postinst. Use dh_installdeb token feature instead. * Add /usr/local/libexec. Closes: #994220. * Machine-readable copyright file. Closes: #1020828. * Add a debian/gbp.conf file. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:45:00 +0200 base-files (13) unstable; urgency=medium * Change issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read "trixie/sid". * Change VERSION_CODENAME in os-release to read "trixie". * Drop VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0200 base-files (12.4) unstable; urgency=medium * Release candidate for bookworm as stable: - Use "12" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. (never expected to change after release) - Use 12.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. (expected to change at every point release) - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 12 as version number and "(bookworm)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. (never expected to change) - Variable VERSION_CODENAME was already defined as "bookworm". - Update README (bookworm -> trixie). * Refresh GFDL-1.2, GFDL-1.3, GPL-3, LGPL-2 and LGPL-3 from their canonical place at https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/ as they have minor editorial changes like trimming spaces, https, etc. * Drop debian/current-md5sums-obsolete. Closes: #1009358. * Ship a real debian/copyright file in source package instead of generating it at build time. * Call dh_installchangelogs using --no-trim option. Add versioned build-dependency on debhelper for the above. * Update lintian-overrides to new format. * Rules-Requires-Root: binary-targets. * Update standards version to 4.6.2. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:55:00 +0100 base-files (12.3) unstable; urgency=high * Add VERSION_CODENAME to /etc/os-release. Closes: #1008735. This still respects the fact that Debian distributions do not have a version number until they are actually released as stable, but makes /etc/os-release a little bit more useful for those who use testing as a pre-release for the next stable. Those users are also the reason why in this case we are simply using the string "bookworm". -- Santiago Vila Mon, 03 Oct 2022 23:30:00 +0200 base-files (12.2) unstable; urgency=medium * A simplified version of the patch for DPKG_ROOT was applied, but the simplification went too far and was incorrect. Closes: #824594. * Use $() instead of `` when calling md5sum. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:35:00 +0100 base-files (12.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Add support for DPKG_ROOT to postinst. Closes: #824594 -- Santiago Vila Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:40:00 +0100 base-files (12) unstable; urgency=medium * Do not create /var/run/utmp in postinst, as /var/run is ephemeral and it does not make sense. Closes: #989725. * Do not create /var/lib/dpkg/status if missing anymore, as dpkg already does that. Closes: #989726. * Change issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read "bookworm/sid". Closes: #992369. * Drop VERSION, VERSION_ID and CODENAME from os-release. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:00:00 +0200 base-files (11.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Use https where appropriate, namely, origins/debian (currently used) and share/staff-group-for-usr-local (not anymore). Closes: #959470. * Gracefully handle /usr/share/info not existing. Closes: #977113. * Use $() instead of `` where appropriate, namely, the default files for /etc/profile and /root/.bashrc. Closes: #982687. * Update share/profile.md5sums as the default file has changed. * Update build-dependency on debhelper. * Release candidate for bullseye as stable: - Use "11" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. (never expected to change after buster is released) - Use 11.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. (expected to change at every point release) - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 11 as version number and "(bullseye)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. (never expected to change) - Add VERSION_CODENAME to os-release. (only expected on stable releases) - Update README (bullseye -> bookworm). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:15:00 +0200 base-files (11) unstable; urgency=medium * Change issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read "bullseye/sid". * Drop VERSION, VERSION_ID and CODENAME from os-release. * Make "mesg n" silent in default /root/.profile. Closes: #930654. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:05:50 +0200 base-files (10.3) unstable; urgency=medium * Add Breaks: debian-security-support (<< 2019.04.25). Closes: #928172. This is the first version of debian-security-support which does not break when /etc/debian_version contains a string in the form "10.x". -- Santiago Vila Mon, 13 May 2019 22:25:32 +0200 base-files (10.2) unstable; urgency=medium * Release candidate for buster as stable: - Use "10" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. (never expected to change after buster is released) - Use 10.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. (expected to change at every point release) - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 10 as version number and "(buster)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. (never expected to change) - Add VERSION_CODENAME to os-release. Closes: #829245. This is optional according to the specs but some people find it useful. Please note that for now this is only expected to be present on stable releases. - Update README (buster -> bullseye). -- Santiago Vila Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:05:00 +0200 base-files (10.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Add CC0-1.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #859649, #882628. Source: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt. * Simplify debian/rules a little bit by dropping install target and using override_dh_auto_install instead. Closes: #886901. Package should now build from source again in every supported way. Thanks to Daniel Schepler for the report and to Niels Thykier for clarifying the true nature of this bug. * Do not create /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local on new installs anymore. Do not create it on upgrades either, as we don't support upgrades skipping stable releases, and even less skipping several releases. * Standards-Version: 4.1.3. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:36:34 +0100 base-files (10) unstable; urgency=medium * Change issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read "buster/sid", and drop VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. * Fix typo in changelog for version 9. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:19:42 +0200 base-files (9.9) unstable; urgency=medium * Add MPL-1.1 and MPL-2.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #849835. License texts taken from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/. * Add a default /etc/update-motd.d/10-uname script to recover the traditional motd behaviour. Closes: #859124. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:00:30 +0200 base-files (9.8) unstable; urgency=medium * Release candidate for stretch as stable: - Use "9" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. (never expected to change after stretch is released) - Use 9.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. (expected to change at every point release) - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 9 as version number and "(stretch)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. (never expected to change) - Update README (stretch -> buster). * Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no special changes for this). -- Santiago Vila Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:00:02 +0100 base-files (9.7) unstable; urgency=medium * Do not care about /etc/nsswitch.conf anymore, as the file has been moved to libc-bin. Closes: #827095. [ Guillem Jover ] * Do not use gzip compression anymore to build .deb and use the default. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:29:38 +0100 base-files (9.6) unstable; urgency=low * Add lintian override for /etc/os-release. * Add lintian overrides for /usr/share/common-licenses. * Standards-Version: 3.9.7 (no special changes for this). * Switch to dh. Hopefully this should make the package easier to fork. Closes: #693423. * Change default /etc/profile to not warn about possibly undefined variables PS1 and BASH. Closes: #776154. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:33:40 +0100 base-files (9.5) unstable; urgency=medium * os-release: Drop trailing slash in SUPPORT_URL variable, as the URL is not supposed to have it. Closes: #781809, #800791. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:29:08 +0100 base-files (9.4) unstable; urgency=medium * Fix two install_from_default() calls in postinst that were still using the old calling convention, making debootstrap to fail. Thanks to Steven Shiau for the report. Closes: #795952 -- Santiago Vila Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:06:00 +0200 base-files (9.3) unstable; urgency=medium * Change /usr/share/base-files/dot.profile (the default /root/.profile) to not fail with new mesg behaviour in stretch. Closes: #794727. * Add extra code in postinst so that people who never modified their /root/.profile from jessie get the fixed version. This is done by the update_to_current_default() function, which is now more general and allows updating files not in /etc. * While we are at it, modify install_from_default() function so that it's called in the same simplified way as update_to_current_default(). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:50:38 +0200 base-files (9.2) unstable; urgency=medium * Create md5sums in a reproducible way. * Use "dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date" to get the date. * Allow building with umasks other than 022, as far as they make a minimum of sense. Closes: #774498. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 17 May 2015 14:44:10 +0200 base-files (9.1) unstable; urgency=low * Use gzip -n to stop recording current time in gzip headers. * Fix mtimes before building the binary package. * The package should now build reproducibly. Closes: #774498. Thanks to Jérémy Bobbio . -- Santiago Vila Fri, 15 May 2015 12:45:34 +0200 base-files (9) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read "stretch/sid", and dropped VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. * Changed HOME_URL and SUPPORT_URL in os-release from http to https, as those are the preferred URLs now. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:00:50 +0200 base-files (8) unstable; urgency=low * Release for jessie as stable: - Use "8" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. As usual, this is never expected to change once that jessie is released as Debian 8. - Use 8.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. As usual, this is expected to change at every point release. - Changed PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 8 as version number and "(jessie)" as codename. Added also VERSION_ID and VERSION. This file, /usr/lib/os-release, is not expected to change either. - Updated README (jessie -> stretch). * Packages are not expected to rely on the contents of any of these files, but if they do, they might better break now while we can still fix them. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:36:12 +0100 base-files (7.10) unstable; urgency=low * Dropped "chown root:root" lines in postinst, as they are completely redundant. The postinst script is run by root. This might also help as a workaround for Bug#766459. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:35:32 +0100 base-files (7.9) unstable; urgency=low * The change introduced in version 7.7 regarding /mnt seems to break the ability of debootstrap currently in wheezy to create a sid chroot. The case of initial install of /mnt is already handled by postinst line "install_directory mnt 755 root" inside the big "if" block that creates a bunch of other things, so we can restrict re-creating the /mnt directory on upgrades to the case when we are really upgrading. Therefore, the code is moved to the same "if" block where /etc/profile and /etc/nsswitch.conf are upgraded to their new defaults when unchanged. This might help as a workaround for Bug#766459. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:33:22 +0100 base-files (7.8) unstable; urgency=low * The /etc/profile.d mechanism may be used to override PS1 setting in /etc/bash.bashrc, which is particularly nice because there is no need to modify /etc/profile or /etc/bash.bashrc for that, but this is no longer possible if /etc/profile.d is sourced before /etc/bash.bashrc. Therefore, /etc/profile.d is sourced after /etc/bash.bashrc again. Closes: #766351. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:10:30 +0200 base-files (7.7) unstable; urgency=low * Updated FAQ to explain that only /etc/debian_version is updated at every point release, using Debian 8.x as an example, to be read by users of jessie during its lifetime as stable. Closes: #621757. * Changed default /etc/profile to source /etc/bash.bashrc after processing profile.d stuff, not before. Closes: #698479. * Drop comment lines about umask in /etc/profile, as it has been there for enough time for everybody to take note. * The directory /mnt is not included inside base-files.deb anymore. Instead, it is created by postinst the very first time base-files is installed (by debootstrap), or when upgrading from an earlier base-files version. This should make the usual upgrade at every point release to work even if /mnt is a stale mount point. Closes: #763405. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:20:14 +0200 base-files (7.6) unstable; urgency=low * By default, when the computer is booting, green and red colors are used to signal that a service started successfully, or that it did not. In this context, trying to use colors for something else might be misleading or even confusing. For this reason, I'm dropping ANSI_COLOR from /usr/lib/os-release. Closes: #758246. * Clarified in the copyright file that the Artistic License currently in common-licenses is actually the one coming from Perl. Closes: #764553. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0200 base-files (7.5) unstable; urgency=medium * Made /etc/os-release symlink to be relative, as an absolute symlink seems to break boot when using a dracut initrd. Thanks to Daniel Schaal for the report. Closes: #755394. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:10:26 +0200 base-files (7.4) unstable; urgency=medium * Updated FAQ to match current policy wording about common-licenses. Thanks to Gioele Barabucci for the report. Closes: #723195. * Moved /etc/os-release to /usr/lib/os-release. Put a symlink pointing to the new place. Thanks to Marco d'Itri for the report. Closes: #753658. * Changed BUG_REPORT_URL in os-release to https, as the BTS has moved. Thanks to Martin Zobel-Helas for the report. Closes: #754455. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:00:08 +0200 base-files (7.3) unstable; urgency=medium * Added gshadow entry to default /etc/nsswitch.conf. Closes: #699090. * Update /etc/nsswitch.conf if not modified by the user. Closes: #716786. * Added nsswitch.conf.md5sums which works exactly like profile.md5sums. * Changed debian/check-etc-profile-md5sum to debian/check-md5sum-etc. This is now used twice in debian/rules, for profile and nsswitch.conf. * Build package with -Zgzip to ease bootstrapping. Closes: #740278. * Reformat paragraph in previous changelog to avoid too long lines. * Added build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules. * Standards-Version: 3.9.5 (no special changes for this). -- Santiago Vila Sun, 04 May 2014 14:39:06 +0200 base-files (7.2) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read "jessie/sid", and dropped VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 05 May 2013 18:19:00 +0200 base-files (7.1) unstable; urgency=low * Added Multi-Arch: foreign. This is needed even if base-files is "Essential: yes" because there are quite a number of packages having versioned dependencies on it. Closes: #695863. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:55:36 +0100 base-files (7.0) unstable; urgency=low * Oops. Even if the Breaks on sendfile does not help APT to decide about the configuration order, removing the breaks is wrong, because then it is possible to upgrade base-files and not sendfile, which would effectively break sendfile. Readded Breaks on sendfile. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:05:12 +0100 base-files (7) unstable; urgency=low * Added 89126d8bba3325594e1539bcc97847f3 to the list of /etc/profile md5sums which are ok to be replaced by the current default version to help sendfile to fix its /etc/profile modification bug in a single upgrade (instead of waiting for the next point release). Closes: #689835. Drop "unmodified" word in postinst, as it may not always be true. * Dropped versioned Breaks on sendfile, as it had no effect. * Changed debian_version, issue, issue.net and os-release to read "7.0". Added also "(wheezy)" in VERSION and PRETTY_NAME. * Added VERSION and VERSION_ID to /etc/os-release, for release as stable. Please remember: Applications should not rely on these fields to be set. * Updated README (wheezy -> jessie). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:55:00 +0100 base-files (6.12) unstable; urgency=low * Added HOME_URL, SUPPORT_URL and BUG_REPORT_URL to /etc/os-release. Reported by Raphaël Hertzog. Closes: #681480. * Added Breaks: sendfile (<< version in squeeze) to help sendfile bug regarding improper modification of /etc/profile to be fixed faster. Reported by Andreas Beckmann. Closes: #689835. * Make /var/run and /var/lock absolute again. Reported by Roger Leigh. Closes: #690345. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:41:00 +0200 base-files (6.11) unstable; urgency=medium * Create /etc/motd instead of /etc/motd.tail, with same default contents, as initscripts is now using /etc/motd again as a real file. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:14:44 +0200 base-files (6.10) unstable; urgency=low * Record md5sums of unmodified /etc/profile versions so that we can upgrade it automatically, as it's done in Ubuntu. * In the initial install, create /etc/motd.tail instead of /etc/motd, as /etc/motd is converted to a symlink by initscripts and /etc/motd.tail is since a long time the master copy to which the output of uname is added. Remove postinst code which tries to update /etc/motd, as it does no longer work and the file has not changed in a lot of time. Will add code to update /etc/motd.tail based on md5sum if it ever changes in a future. * Implement proposed transition plan for group staff in /usr/local. The file /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local is now created on upgrades from releases before 6.10 and (for now) also on initial install. * Removed reference to /etc/nsswitch.conf in extended description, as the file is being moved to libc-bin. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:41:30 +0200 base-files (6.9) unstable; urgency=low * We can't make /etc/profile a conffile without triggering a piuparts check which is considered to be serious. Sorry, /etc/profile will be handled as before for now. Closes: #673767. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 21 May 2012 15:12:06 +0200 base-files (6.8) unstable; urgency=low * Added /etc/os-release. Closes: #659853. Note: for stable releases this file will look like it's suggested in the bug report above. Also, like /etc/debian_version, this file should only be considered meaningful for stable releases, which testing and unstable are not. * By popular demand, make /etc/profile a conffile. Closes: #668871. * Added /sys for all systems but the Hurd. Closes: #670091. * Added /proc for the Hurd, as it's already being used. * Added a lintian override for /root being 700. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 17 May 2012 00:08:42 +0200 base-files (6.7) unstable; urgency=low * Switch to "compat" again in default /etc/nsswitch.conf. It is not obsolete and it should not go away. Closes: #651356. Thanks a lot to Petter Reinholdtsen. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:02:00 +0100 base-files (6.6) unstable; urgency=low * Switch to "files" instead of "compat" in default /etc/nsswitch.conf. That was only useful for libc5. The new default will only take effect for new installs. Thanks to Roger Leigh. Closes: #651356. * Reword the very first question in base-files FAQ. Closes: #622200. * When migrating /var/run and /var/lock, create relative symlinks instead of absolute ones. Useful for chroots. Closes: #652301. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:35:22 +0100 base-files (6.5) unstable; urgency=low * Modified default /etc/profile to not read /etc/bash.bashrc if bash is invoked as /bin/sh. Closes: #632887. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:03:02 +0200 base-files (6.4) unstable; urgency=low * Added /run. Closes: #620157. * On new installs: - Create /run/lock (debian-installer will remove it but this will ensure that it exists even on chroot environments). - Symlink /var/run to /run. - Symlink /var/lock to /run/lock. * On upgraded systems, initscripts will handle the transition to /run. * Added "Breaks: initscripts << (2.88dsf-13.3)" to ensure that initscripts is upgraded first, as otherwise udev would break. * Thanks a lot to Roger Leigh. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 27 May 2011 14:25:42 +0200 base-files (6.3) unstable; urgency=low * Dropped /run until everything else is ready for it. In particular, udev should not blindly assume that it works just because it exists. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:33:02 +0200 base-files (6.2) unstable; urgency=low * Added /run. Requested by Roger Leigh. Closes: #620157. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:03:36 +0200 base-files (6.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "wheezy/sid". -- Santiago Vila Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:24:00 +0100 base-files (6.0) unstable; urgency=low * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "6.0". * Updated README accordingly. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:20:38 +0100 base-files (5.10) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed postinst to not reset /var/run/utmp permissions on every upgrade. It is definitely not base-files business to change the permissions of an already existing /var/run/utmp, as the system admin might have changed them on purpose after the file was created. Closes: #601746. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:01:12 +0100 base-files (5.9) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed /etc/profile so that it defines PATH again. Closes: #571086. We will have plenty of time to discuss about this after the release of squeeze, but for now, this is the safe thing to do. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:37:40 +0200 base-files (5.8) unstable; urgency=low * Added GPL version 1 from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/ as there are a lot of packages still using it. Bug #436105. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:10:54 +0200 base-files (5.7) unstable; urgency=low * Drop umask setting from /etc/profile, will be handled by pam_umask. Closes: #583967. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:57:52 +0200 base-files (5.6) unstable; urgency=low * Ordinary user accounts start at UID 1000 by default, but they also end at 29999 by default. Modified default /etc/profile accordingly. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 20 May 2010 11:34:34 +0200 base-files (5.5) unstable; urgency=low * Changed default /etc/profile so that the new umask of 002 is only used for ordinary user accounts, which, according to policy, start at uid 1000 by default. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 19 May 2010 18:57:10 +0200 base-files (5.4) unstable; urgency=low * Changed umask in default /etc/profile to 002, which has a little bit more sense than 022 on systems like Debian having User Private Groups. As usual for /etc/profile, only new installs will have the new default, so nobody will be surprised by this on upgrades. Hopefully, this change will be documented in the release notes for squeeze as well, for users who install squeeze from scratch. Closes: #248140, #581434. * Refresh GNU licenses from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/, as they have expanded the embedded tabs. Closes: #572245. * Switch to "3.0 (native)" format. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 13 May 2010 18:35:42 +0200 base-files (5.3) unstable; urgency=low * Changed default /etc/profile so that it sources /etc/profile.d/*.sh as mandated by the LSB section 16.2. Closes: #545756. Package maintainers: Please don't use profile.d if you can avoid it, as policy says "A program must not depend on environment variables to get reasonable defaults". * Removed questions about profile.d from FAQ. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:07:20 +0200 base-files (5.2) unstable; urgency=low * Added question in FAQ to document the fact that some configuration files in /etc are never updated on upgrades. Closes: #571083. * Changed default /usr/src to be root:root and 755. Closes: #573701. The old permissions were of little benefit, and the user can still change this after installing a new system anyway. * Renamed FAQ to README and added a compatibility symlink. * Removed obsolete Depends on base-passwd, as version 2.0.3.4 is more than 10 years old and we don't support upgrades which skip releases. * Dropped preinst completely, as it was there just to support upgrades from very old releases (that we don't support anymore). * Removed postinst code that supports upgrades from very old releases. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:22:04 +0200 base-files (5.1) unstable; urgency=low * Changed default permissions for /root to 700, as many admins consider it should be more private than other home directories. Closes: #514794. * Changed default permissions for /var/log/btmp to 660, to be in sync with permissions set by logrotate. Closes: #547407. * Do not export PS1 in /root/.bashrc, as it has bash escapes and it's inherited to subshells that do not have to be bash. Closes: #567733. * Added debian_chroot variable to default PS1 in /root/.bashrc. * Comment out PS1 in /root/.bashrc anyway, as /etc/profile and /etc/bash.bashrc already care about it. Closes: #443245. * Comment out umask as well, as it's already in /etc/profile. * Added /usr/local/games to default PATH in /etc/profile. Closes: #487105. * While we are at it, comment out everything about PATH, as /etc/login.defs should already care about this. * Changed default /etc/profile so that it sources /etc/bash.bashrc if the shell is bash. Closes: #275622. * Drop \u part from default PS1 in /etc/profile, as it's only useful for people with several non-root accounts. Most people are either root or an ordinary user, so $ and # are enough to differentiate between them. * Comment out PS1 setting in /etc/profile anyway, as we have bash.bashrc. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:16:14 +0100 base-files (5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low * Drop README.base, remove-base, and the lines in postinst which checked for the old base package being present. * Do not fiddle with /etc/adjtime anymore, as it does not belong here. * Added file /etc/dpkg/origins/debian from dpkg package, for the benefit of Debian-derived distributions, as base-files is trivial to fork. Hopefully, this will be one less reason to fork dpkg. Closes: #487437. * Added dpkg (<= 1.15.0) to Replaces, because of the above. * On initial install and also on upgrades, create /etc/dpkg/origins/default as a symlink to /etc/dpkg/origins/debian, if it does not exist. * Updated copyright year in copyright file. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:42 +0200 base-files (5.0) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "squeeze/sid". * Added GFDL-1.3 from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.txt as new packages in unstable are starting to use it. Closes: #517196. * Updated generic GFDL symlink accordingly, as it is always supposed to point to the latest version. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:09:38 +0100 base-files (5) unstable; urgency=low * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "5.0". * Changed FAQ so that users of lenny as stable will know what happens when they upgrade to the new testing. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:04:04 +0100 base-files (4.0.6) unstable; urgency=low * Changed the way wtmp, btmp and lastlog are handled. They are no longer recreated at every base-files upgrade. Instead, they are only created once, when base-files is installed by debootstrap. It is really not base-files business to fiddle with those files, as it is documented that removing them is the standard way to disable logging to them. Closes: #488376. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:34:12 +0100 base-files (4.0.5) unstable; urgency=low * Changed awk from Depends to Pre-Depends. Closes: #314571, #469552. This is required to make the awk virtual package to be truly essential, as only essential packages, their predependencies, and the dependencies of their predependencies are guaranteed to be "working at all times". Previously, the packaging system was allowed to remove an awk flavour and install another one in the middle of an upgrade, which may break packages using awk in their preinsts (and in fact, it happened). Tkanks a lot to Steve Langasek for clarifying this issue. * It's still soon to change /etc/debian_version. Please be patient. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:06:06 +0200 base-files (4.0.4) unstable; urgency=low * Added Apache-2.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #471736. Retrieved from http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt. * Fixed typo in README.base. Closes: #475201. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 18 May 2008 16:26:00 +0200 base-files (4.0.3) unstable; urgency=low * Added md5sums. Closes: #464479. * Do not create /initrd at install time anymore. Closes: #467429. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:04:00 +0100 base-files (4.0.2) unstable; urgency=low * Changed default /root/.profile so that it sources /root/.bashrc only if the shell is bash. Closes: #364326. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:04:10 +0100 base-files (4.0.1) unstable; urgency=low * Added GPL-3 and LGPL-3 to common-licenses, as they are expected to become common licenses. Closes: #431176. Please note that GPL and LGPL will now point to GPL-3 and LGPL-3, as they are the most recent ones. Packages under GPLv2 without "or any later version" must definitely refer to the versioned file, not to the GPL symlink anymore. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:15:30 +0200 base-files (4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low * Added GFDL-1.2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/COPYING.DOC-1.2 to common-licenses, following policy (Closes: #420599). -- Santiago Vila Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:39:36 +0200 base-files (4.0) unstable; urgency=low * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "lenny/sid". * Changed FAQ accordingly. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:45:30 +0200 base-files (4) unstable; urgency=low * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "4.0". * Changed PATHs in default /etc/profile to not contain /usr/bin/X11, as this is no longer needed by the X packages in etch (Closes: #388586). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:44:00 +0200 base-files (3.1.16) unstable; urgency=low * Changed comment in default /etc/nsswitch.conf so that it refers to glibc-doc-reference, not glibc-doc (Closes: #384722). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:32:42 +0200 base-files (3.1.15) unstable; urgency=low * Added /usr/local/etc, required by FHS (Closes: #383493). [ As usual, please note that this will only affect new installs ]. This directory is also allowed to be a symlink to /etc/local, but that's a decision to be made by the end user after installing the system. * Standards-Version: 3.7.2. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:44:00 +0200 base-files (3.1.14) unstable; urgency=low * Removed (obsolete) order line from default host.conf (Closes: #354115). * Updated GPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #380067). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:21:54 +0200 base-files (3.1.13) unstable; urgency=low * Updated LGPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #332390). -- Santiago Vila Fri, 5 May 2006 18:08:14 +0200 base-files (3.1.12) unstable; urgency=low * Changed default /usr/share/info/dir so that it does not refer to documentation not available in etch/main (Closes: #362597). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:41:36 +0200 base-files (3.1.11) unstable; urgency=low * The file /etc/nsswitch.conf is now created by postinst in the first install (made by debootstrap), and it's no longer a conffile. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:26:14 +0100 base-files (3.1.10) unstable; urgency=medium * Removed mdns item from hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf, since it does not make everybody happy (Bugs #348578, #348580 and #351990). * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current year. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:41:22 +0100 base-files (3.1.9) unstable; urgency=low * The file /etc/inputrc is now handled by readline-common. * Changed to section admin to match override file. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:51:54 +0200 base-files (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=low * Added mdns to hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf to support mDNS when available (Closes: #324954). Suggested by Joey Hess. * Dropped %h from issue.net, as it's not supported by all telnetd daemons and it's not even supported by ssh (Closes: #329682). Thanks to Dave Love for the report. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:40:08 +0200 base-files (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium * Removed trailing spaces from default inputrc (Closes: #325007). -- Santiago Vila Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:16:08 +0200 base-files (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=low * Removed /usr/doc and /usr/info. * Modified postinst to create /usr/share/info/dir, not /usr/info/dir. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:48 +0200 base-files (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=medium * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses again. There should be no references to the old address anymore (Bug #312586). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:36:32 +0200 base-files (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses, as FSF has moved again (Closes: #312586). -- Santiago Vila Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:12:06 +0200 base-files (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=low * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_release to "testing/unstable". Not that this is a lot useful, but at least is what people expect. * Made /home to be 755 and root:root by default, since nobody finds the sgid bit in such directory useful for anything. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:32:20 +0200 base-files (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low * Changed example line in default /root/.bashrc from eval `dircolors` to eval "`dircolors`" as the old form may be dangerous (Closes: #285836). Thanks a lot to Paul Eggert for the report. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:51:58 +0100 base-files (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low * The file /etc/profile is not a conffile anymore. Instead, it is created by postinst in the very first base-files install, made by debootstrap. * Accordingly, removed bash from Replaces field. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:06:00 +0100 base-files (3.1.0) unstable; urgency=low * Moved PATH definition for root from the default /root/.profile to the default /etc/profile, by popular demand (Closes: #278865). * The file /etc/inputrc is now created by postinst in the first install. Removed libreadline incarnations from Replaces field accordingly. This file will probably be managed by libreadline-common some day. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:32:00 +0100 base-files (3.1) unstable; urgency=high * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.1". -- Santiago Vila Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:25:32 +0200 base-files (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=low * Changed -a to && in postinst (Closes #254781). * Updated copyright year. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:41:54 +0200 base-files (3.0.15) unstable; urgency=low * FAQ: Documented the fact that some FHS "mandatory" directories are only created in the initial install (Closes: #242192). * Do not create /cdrom and /floppy anymore (Closes: #245188). * Use "ln -sf" to create /usr/local/man symlink (Closes: #245687). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:44:44 +0200 base-files (3.0.14) unstable; urgency=low * Added /var/log/btmp, following /etc/login.defs (Closes: #239587). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:40:46 +0100 base-files (3.0.13) unstable; urgency=low * Added /srv, /media and /usr/local/share/man (Closes: #230909). * Added /usr/local/man as a symlink to /usr/local/share/man, since FHS says both directories should be "synonymous". * I'm not populating /media because subdirectories are optional. They only must exist "if the corresponding subsystem is installed". Detecting such things is not really base-files business. I would expect debian-installer to create those subdirectories instead. * /cdrom and /floppy will still be created in the first install until debian-installer and/or apt stop using them for new installs. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:47:34 +0100 base-files (3.0.12) unstable; urgency=low * Made issue and issue.net generated files, to prevent a double "GNU/" prefix on GNU/K*BSD systems (Closes: #217383). -- Santiago Vila Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:38:44 +0100 base-files (3.0.11) unstable; urgency=low * Updated /etc/inputrc (from readline maintainer). Closes: #213666. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:42:58 +0200 base-files (3.0.10) unstable; urgency=low * Use `:' for chown, not `.' (Closes: #204860). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:42:22 +0200 base-files (3.0.9) unstable; urgency=low * Prevent OSNAME from having the GNU/ prefix twice (Closes: #200741). * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org. Instead of form feeds, the old version was using `^' followed by `L' (Closes: #201867). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:25:12 +0200 base-files (3.0.8) unstable; urgency=low * Fixed the way /etc/motd is updated so that it still works when md5sum prints a `-' after the md5sum value (Closes: #180920). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:30:04 +0100 base-files (3.0.7) unstable; urgency=low * Added "Why isn't license `foo' included in common-licenses?" to the FAQ. Thanks to Colin Watson for the suggestion. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:32:16 +0100 base-files (3.0.6) unstable; urgency=low * Changed /etc/profile so that PS1 isn't set for non-interactive shells. This should make the usual way of testing for interactive shells (checking for PS1) to always work (Closes: #164846). * Changed /etc/motd to better reflect the truth about Debian: s/Most of// and s/freely redistributable/free software/ (Closes: #169543). -- Santiago Vila Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:06:12 +0100 base-files (3.0.5) unstable; urgency=low * Added a small FAQ. The current topics are: - Why Debian does not have a profile.d directory? - I upgraded to testing, why /etc/issue does not read "testing"? * Standards-Version: 3.5.7 (do not create or remove doc symlinks). Note: In theory, packages still creating doc symlinks are allowed to blindly assume /usr/doc exists, so /usr/doc will still be part of base-files for some time. * Removed prerm, since it's not required anymore. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:21:52 +0200 base-files (3.0.4) unstable; urgency=low * /etc/profile does no longer export PS1. This should prevent strange prompts to be shown when switching from bash to a shell which does not understand bash escapes (Closes: #141193). * Set distribution to "testing/unstable". -- Santiago Vila Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:01:02 +0200 base-files (3.0.3) unstable; urgency=low * Fixed wrong group ownerships under GNU/Hurd. This may also happen under Linux when using the `bsdgroups' mount option, but even in this case it will not happen if the package is built using fakeroot. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:18:44 +0200 base-files (3.0.2) unstable; urgency=medium * Made /usr/share/doc/base-files/remove-base more robust (Closes: #132969). -- Santiago Vila Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:36:54 +0100 base-files (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Modified postinst to use awk only on upgrades, not in the first install. This should help debootstrap (Closes: #130056, #130087). -- Santiago Vila Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:52:34 +0100 base-files (3.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium * Restored /usr/doc since it's still required by the system according to the doc transition plan. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:18:12 +0100 base-files (3.0) unstable; urgency=medium * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.0". -- Santiago Vila Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:22:42 +0100 base-files (2.2.15) unstable; urgency=low * Removed /usr/doc. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:23:32 +0100 base-files (2.2.14) unstable; urgency=low * Created /opt, /etc/opt and /var/opt in the first install. They are mentioned in FHS 2.1 and required in FHS 2.2 (Closes: #118505). * The copyright file now refers to GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd as appropriate. * Updated README.base and postinst to refer to /usr/share/doc. * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current millenium. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:02:50 +0100 base-files (2.2.13) unstable; urgency=low * GPL is now a symlink to GPL-2, which is the real file. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 2 Sep 2001 13:26:34 +0200 base-files (2.2.12) unstable; urgency=low * s/info readline/info rluserman/ in /etc/inputrc (Closes: #109110). * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org to fix line breaks (Closes: #109319). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:29:10 +0200 base-files (2.2.11) unstable; urgency=low * In the first install, populate /usr/local even if it exists. Allows /usr/local to be mounted in a separate partition during the install process (Closes: #107662). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:09:16 +0200 base-files (2.2.10) unstable; urgency=low * Removed /var/state and /var/state/misc, added /usr/local/games. Reported by Sebastian Riedel. * Made /boot mode 755 and owned by root group, since no part of the system seems to require special permissions here (Closes: #102080). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:45:46 +0200 base-files (2.2.9) unstable; urgency=medium * Creates /etc/motd in the initial install (now made by debootstrap). Forgot to do this in 2.2.7. Reported by Matt Kraai (Closes: #101342). -- Santiago Vila Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:38:33 +0200 base-files (2.2.8) unstable; urgency=low * Made /etc/debian_version a `conffile' (Closes: #81249). To prevent unneeded dpkg prompting, this file is overwritten in the preinst if upgrading from a base-files release previous to 2.2.6 (thanks to Joey Hess for suggesting this solution). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:33:22 +0100 base-files (2.2.7) unstable; urgency=low * The file /etc/motd is no longer a conffile. Instead, it will be updated if its md5sum (minus its first two lines) matches the one in a list of md5sums of previous Debian releases. This will reduce dpkg prompting on upgrades (Closes: #71083). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:23:06 +0100 base-files (2.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium * Use "testing/unstable" instead of "2.2" for the distribution number. It seems everybody prefers to see something else other than "2.2". -- Santiago Vila Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:41:55 +0100 base-files (2.2.5) unstable; urgency=low * Modified debian_version, issue and issue.net in /etc so that they read "2.2" again, since this is the last Debian *stable* release so far. Since packages in `unstable' are now automatically moved to `testing', a codename in /etc/debian_version will never be "right" for everybody, so the only sensible thing to do here is to wait until a new release number has been officially decided (Closes: #80784). -- Santiago Vila Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:40:05 +0100 base-files (2.2.4) unstable; urgency=low * Restored LGPL -> LGPL-2.1 symlink, which was mistakenly removed in base-files_2.2.1 (Bug #75949). -- Santiago Vila Tue, 7 Nov 2000 11:21:54 +0100 base-files (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low * Added /var/lib/misc, since it's required by FHS (Closes: Bug #74317). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:09:48 +0200 base-files (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low * Reduced verbosity, as suggested by Sean Perry (Closes: #70686). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:05:12 +0200 base-files (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low * Release for woody (debian_version, issue and issue.net). * /etc/motd now refers to /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. * Removed /usr/doc/copyright and /usr/man. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:20:17 +0200 base-files (2.2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=high * The recipe in README.base does not work properly because dpkg removes the conffiles listed in the status file (Bug #64734). So, getting rid of base involves editing the status file. To avoid mistakes, a shell script is now provided for that. Thanks to Kevin Dalley for the report. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 27 May 2000 20:27:13 +0200 base-files (2.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low * preinst and postinst: Do not deal with /dev/pts anymore. * issue and issue.net: Removed the `frozen' word. * Final release for potato (hopefully). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:02:44 +0200 base-files (2.1.20) frozen unstable; urgency=high * Made /var/log mode 755 and root.root (Bug #35504). * Made /cdrom and /floppy mode 755 and root.root (Bug #25847). * Removed /dev/pts. It made the package impossible to upgrade when using devfs with Linux 2.4. libc6 is already supposed to deal with /dev/pts (Bug #61408). * postinst removes base.conffiles as well (otherwise, some files like /etc/motd or /root/.bash_profile may disappear). Thanks a lot to Mikko Oilinki for the report. * Slightly improved README.base. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:31:01 +0200 base-files (2.1.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Removed /usr/dict (Bug #60118). * Minimal handling of the old base package (Bug #32888). * Removed redundant directive in /etc/inputrc (Bug #59689). * Do not reference /usr/share/doc in /etc/motd yet (Bug #61116). -- Santiago Vila Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:51:46 +0200 base-files (2.1.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Handle better the /var/spool/mail-being-a-symlink case. * Added /dev/pts for UNIX98-style pty handling under Linux. * Added a README.FHS. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:29:00 +0100 base-files (2.1.17) frozen unstable; urgency=high * Some people has /var/spool/mail symlinked to somewhere else. For this case, preinst now saves the symlink target before dpkg removes it and postinst restores it. * Do not fiddle with /usr/local on upgrades. From now on, users will be free to remove it if they wish. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:10:17 +0100 base-files (2.1.16) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Generate default info dir file from /usr/share/base-files/info.dir. * Do not generate an info dir file if one exists at /usr/share/info. * Updated LGPL version 2 from ftp.gnu.org to fix a typo. * Mail spool is /var/mail as per FHS (only in new installs). * Acknowledge in the copyright file that the GNU Public Licenses are copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:26:21 +0100 base-files (2.1.15) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Removed misleading copyright notice in /etc/motd. * Distribution set to "2.2" (adding `frozen' in issue and issue.net). * Use DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM for the architecture stuff wherever possible. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:03:25 +0100 base-files (2.1.14) unstable; urgency=high * Swap binary-arch and binary-indep targets in debian/rules, since this is now Architecture: any. Thanks to Roman Hodek for the report. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:48:24 +0100 base-files (2.1.13) unstable; urgency=low * Made "Architecture: any" for /etc/motd to be os-dependant. [ A binary-all- scheme would simplify this ]. * Exclude /proc from the .deb under GNU/Hurd (reported by Marcus Brinkmann). * Added `set -e' to postinst. * Standards-Version: 3.1.1 (doc symlinks). * Removed obsolete README. If someone still asks about /usr/spool or /var/adm then a paragraph could be added to the Debian FAQ. * Follow changes suggested by Branden Robinson: * Removed remaining bashisms in default /root/.profile and use /usr/bin/X11 for X11 binaries. * Improved package description. * Removed unused bin/edit in the source. * Changed root test in /etc/profile to use id -u. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:53:35 +0100 base-files (2.1.12) unstable; urgency=high * Fixed Replaces field (reported a zillion times). * Updated /etc/profile to use '$ ' as the shell prompt for normal users and '# ' for the superuser if $BASH is not set. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:56:18 +0100 base-files (2.1.11) unstable; urgency=low * Include /etc/inputrc and /etc/profile from readline and bash, as suggested by Matthias Klose. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:36:23 +0100 base-files (2.1.10) unstable; urgency=low * Create /var/log/lastlog as root.utmp, mode 664. * Removed Linuxisms from /etc/motd. * Updated GPL from ftp.gnu.org to be Y2K-compliant. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:18:57 +0200 base-files (2.1.9) unstable; urgency=low * Removed the advertising clause from BSD license (Bug #43347). Reason: ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change Thanks to J.H.M. Dassen for the report. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:04:51 +0200 base-files (2.1.8) unstable; urgency=low * Added base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4) to the Depends field. * utmp and wtmp are now root.utmp and mode 664 (Bug #41569). * Updated extended description regarding the common licenses. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:03:23 +0200 base-files (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low * LGPL is now the Lesser Gnu Public License (Bug #40759). For now, the old version is renamed to "LGPL-2". * Changed compatibility symlink /usr/doc/copyright/LGPL so that it points to the old version. * Moved docs to /usr/share/doc/base-files. * Changed default /etc/motd so that it refers both to /usr/doc/*/copyright and /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:45:09 +0200 base-files (2.1.6) unstable; urgency=low * preinst: Do not fiddle with /etc/issue.net anymore. * Changed the way /cdrom, /floppy and /initrd are handled. These directories will now be created by postinst in the initial install. This is a compromise after discussing in debian-policy about Bug #35928. It will save people who like them the work of creating them after installing a new system, and it will save people who dislike them the work of removing them every time base-files is upgraded. Since these directories are only a convenience for the user, who is free to use them or not, the spirit of FHS is preserved. * preinst and postinst: Following the principle of least surprise, added code so that existing directories are not removed when upgrading this package from previous releases. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:39:36 +0200 base-files (2.1.5) unstable; urgency=low * When /usr/local does not exist, create also /usr/local/src. * Added /var/cache, /var/state and /var/state/misc. * Added /usr/share/info and /usr/share/man. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:34:13 +0200 base-files (2.1.4) unstable; urgency=low * Removed the utmpx/wtmpx stuff from postinst. * Updated the Artistic License (Bug #34685). -- Santiago Vila Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:14:51 +0100 base-files (2.1.3) unstable; urgency=low * Use `nis' for the `netgroup:' entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf (Bug #33091). -- Santiago Vila Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:50:22 +0100 base-files (2.1.2) unstable; urgency=high * Fixed a typo in postinst (Bug #34094). -- Santiago Vila Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:57:24 +0100 base-files (2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low * postinst: touch /var/log/wtmpx and /var/run/utmpx to support the utmpd in glibc 2.1 (reported by Joel Klecker). * Replaced "Debian Linux" by just "Debian" in the default info dir file. * Updated for potato. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:47:23 +0100 base-files (2.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium * Updated copyright date in /etc/motd (Bug #32646). -- Santiago Vila Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:40:07 +0100 base-files (2.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low * debian_version, issue and issue.net: `slink' replaced by `2.1'. * Added /usr/share/dict, since there are already some packages using it. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:40:56 +0100 base-files (2.0.3) unstable; urgency=low * Moved common licenses to /usr/share/common-licenses. * Default dotfiles for root are now installed only the first time. * /usr/local and subdirectories are now created mode 2775 and root.staff, according to policy. * Added /usr/local/share. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:05:04 +0100 base-files (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low * If it does not exist, now a default /root/.profile file is installed, not a /root/.bash_profile file, for slightly better POSIX compliance. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:29:52 +0200 base-files (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low * Added (commented out) some more alias for root's default .bashrc. * issue, issue.net and debian_version: updated for slink (Bug #26325). * Changed the way /etc/adjtime is handled (Bug #23255). * Removed usr/man/man8 from directory-list. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 6 Sep 1998 16:58:50 +0200 base-files (2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium * Removed the "frozen" word from /etc/debian_version. * Removed the use of the ROOT variable in preinst and postinst for two reasons: a) It is no longer needed, since the base system is built by using dpkg's --root=dir option, which works in a chrooted environment; and b) Unexpected results would be obtained if user root had actually defined a variable named ROOT. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 24 May 1998 13:33:25 +0200 base-files (1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Default prompt for root is now '\h:\w\$ '. * issue and issue.net: Removed the "frozen" word. * Added a README explaining the /usr/spool symlink removal. * nsswitch.conf: Use "compat" instead of "db files" for passwd, group and shadow (Bug #10896). -- Santiago Vila Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:18:43 +0200 base-files (1.8) unstable; urgency=low * Added /usr/share/misc. * Removed /var/local/usr. * Distribution set to "frozen". * Moved root's default dotfiles to /usr/share/base-files. -- Santiago Vila Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:05:54 +0100 base-files (1.7) unstable; urgency=low * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package". * /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc are not `conffiles' anymore. Instead, they are created from /root/.bash_profile.dpkg-dist and /root/.bashrc.dpkg-dist if they do not exist. * Default /root/.bash_profile sources /root/.bashrc. * PS1 and umask are now set only once in default /root/.bashrc. * Replaced /usr/bin/X11 by /usr/X11R6/bin in root's PATH. * Manpage hierarchy is no longer created under /usr/local/man. * Added a small comment in /etc/nsswitch.conf saying where to find documentation about this file (libc6-doc package). * Added some aliases for colorized `ls' commented out in .bashrc, so that the user will simply have to uncomment them. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:42:28 +0100 base-files (1.6.1) unstable; urgency=low * Removed "Depends: awk". It has not been discussed yet. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:16:29 +0100 base-files (1.6) unstable; urgency=low * Default prompt for root is now PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ', which may not please everybody and/or generate a flame war, but at least is better than nothing (previosuly it was PS1='\h\$ '). * Added two blank lines to /etc/motd to keep Copyright notice from being overwritten by /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. * Removed compatibility symlinks /usr/spool, /usr/tmp, /usr/adm and /var/adm. Now is when we have to see if something breaks. * Removed /usr/lib/locale. Added /usr/share and /usr/include. * Removed the /bin/edit script. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 7 Feb 1998 13:30:46 +0100 base-files (1.5) unstable; urgency=medium * Removed "dns" from the "networks:" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:32:52 +0100 base-files (1.4) unstable; urgency=medium * Uncompressed copyright files. * debian/rules: package does no longer need to be built by root. Changed `prototype' directory by an install -d `cat directories`, and then set special permissions and ownerships directly. * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package". * Updated GPL and LGPL. FSF's address changed some time ago to: 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. * /bin/edit is now #!/bin/sh. * /etc/debian_version, /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net now read "2.0 (unstable)" instead of "1.3". * /etc/issue now reads "GNU/Linux" (not "GNU Linux"). * Updated copyright year for /etc/motd. * Added an extended description. * Removed debstd dependency. * New maintainer. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 2 Feb 1998 21:46:29 +0100 base-files (1.3.5) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Synchronization release to make sure my latest version is in 1.3 . This is my last release before going on vacation, if anything needs to be fixed in this package for 1.3, someone else must fix it. -- Bruce Perens Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:36:49 -0700 base-files (1.3.4) frozen unstable; urgency=low * /etc/issue had the wrong escapes. -- Bruce Perens Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:50:21 -0700 base-files (1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Add "frozen" to the distribution. -- Bruce Perens Fri, 18 Apr 1997 22:46:18 -0700 base-files (1.3.2) unstable; urgency=low * Remove /etc/issue.net -> /etc/issue symlink in the preinst if it exists. -- Bruce Perens Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:22:06 -0700 base-files (1.3.1) unstable; urgency=low * Install nsswitch.cnf, required for libc 6 name service . -- Bruce Perens Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:09:31 -0700 base-files (1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low * Edit for Debian 1.3 -- Bruce Perens Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:51:19 -0800 base-files (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low * Add "Provides: base", and "Requires: base-passwd, makedev". -- Bruce Perens Sun, 17 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800 base-files (1.2.0-4) unstable; urgency=low * Symlink /var/run/wtmp -> /var/log/wtmp. Create utmp and wtmp if they don't exist, but don't clobber them if they do exist. -- Bruce Perens Sun, 1 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800 base-files (1.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=low * Wrong modes on /tmp. Set explicit umask 0 before copying files. -- Bruce Perens Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:07:05 -0800 base-files (1.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=low * Don't clobber utmp and wtmp. Take spurious "Inc." off of SPI name, California corporations aren't required to say "Inc." at the end of their names. -- Bruce Perens Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:16:28 -0800 base-files (1.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low * Initial Release. * Removed devices, passwd, and group. Devices are made by the C MAKEDEV at run-time. /etc/MAKEDEV is installed by the "makedev" package. /etc/passwd and /etc/group are installed by the "base-passwd" package. -- Bruce Perens Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:02:09 -0800