FS#14462 - [avahi] service files are overwritten on every update

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Michael Kanis (damumbl) - Sunday, 26 April 2009, 12:45 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Sunday, 01 November 2009, 15:26 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Douglas Soares de Andrade (dsa)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Every time avahi is updated through pacman, the 2 provided files in /etc/avahi/services get overwritten. If I edited them, I lose my changes. The package should contain these 2 files in it's backup array.

Additional info:
* package version: 0.6.25-1

Steps to reproduce:
* edit /etc/avahi/services/
* update or reinstall the avahi package
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Sunday, 01 November 2009, 15:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  on trunk
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Saturday, 30 May 2009, 20:30 GMT
Hi Michael, you can use the directive NoUpgrade in /etc/pacman.conf

for example:

NoUpgrade = etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service etc/avahi/services/ssh.service

Comment by Michael Kanis (damumbl) - Sunday, 31 May 2009, 10:17 GMT
Thanks for the hint. However, IMHO this should be fixed in the package and it's really not complicated to do, takes just one line...

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