Bug 139805 - Anaconda overwrites /etc/postfix/aliases
Summary: Anaconda overwrites /etc/postfix/aliases
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: postfix
Version: 3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Woerner
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-11-18 06:05 UTC by Joachim Backes
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-11-18 14:52:57 UTC
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Description Joachim Backes 2004-11-18 06:05:44 UTC
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Description of problem:
After the FC3 update install from FC2 to FC3, the file
/etc/postfix/aliases was made new, so that postfix could no more
started correctly. I had to move /etc/postfix/aliases.rpmsave into
/etc/postfix/aliases. I think, a file such as aliases should not be
overwritten by anaconda during an uppdate install.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install postfix in FCx (x<=2), make a new aliases
2.Update to FC3

    

Actual Results:  /etc/postfix/aliases is overwritten

Expected Results:  Untouched /etc/postfix/aliases

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2004-11-18 13:35:22 UTC
Standard %config handling is used.  So if anything, this is a package bug.

Comment 2 Thomas Woerner 2004-11-18 14:52:57 UTC
The postfix package in FC3 is not using /etc/postfix/aliases anymore.
Instead it is using /etc/aliases. The new postfix package is not
touching the old alias file at all.

Please use the new main.cf file an apply your changes except for the
aliases file.

Closing as "NOT A BUG".

Comment 3 Joachim Backes 2004-11-22 05:53:58 UTC
Maybe /etc/postfix/aliases is no more used.

But without an valid aliases file, postfix did not start correctly.
But after copying or moving aliases.rpmsave to /etc/postfix/aliases,
postfix could be started and used.


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