GNATS debian package cleanups

GNATS debian package cleanups

[Chad Walstrom]

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Ugh..  gnats Makefine.in files strike again!  Looks like the gnats and
gnats-user packages for Debian have some odd path problems[1],[2].
Adding a $(DESTDIR) variable preceeding install and mkinstalldirs path
locations and mkinstalldirs locations fixes this.  The debian/rules file
should then be able to specify a DESTDIR for the installation target.

Here's where we come to the kicker.  I originally wanted to simply "fix"
the debian/rules file, but since it was originally constructed, the
Debian build utilities and scripts have vastly improved.  Much of the
custom scripting necessary to make the gnats and gnats-user packages is
now obsolete.

Additionally, there are some fundamental differences in how packages are
designed.  There is a lot of duplicated effort between the gnats and
gnats-user packages.  Currently, there are few differences between them.
The gnats-user package contains mostly the same files as gnats, which
contains a few more files and additional scripts to add system users,
cron jobs, and aliases into the MTA aliases file.  I plan on changing
the dependencies between these two files.  Rather than having gnats
conflict with gnats-user, gnats will depend upon gnats-user and perform
the additional steps to set up the machine as a server.

I really wanted to get a quick fix in the archives, but I believe that
there is no such thing.  I may as well put in the initial work to "do it
right" so that further maintainence is minimized.

The patches for the gnats Makefile.in files are attached.  I'll roll
them into CVS if there are no objections.

REFERENCES
==========
1. http://bugs.debian.org/241416
2. http://bugs.debian.org/222830

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--- doc/man/Makefile.in.bak	2004-04-01 12:37:49.000000000 -0600
+++ doc/man/Makefile.in	2004-04-01 12:38:50.000000000 -0600
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 check:
 
 $(SRCS1): ../Makefile $(MAN1)
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(man1dir)/
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/
 	@echo Creating $@...
 	@file=`echo $@ | sed -e 's,\$(man1ext),,'` ; \
 	sed -e 's,xGNATS_ROOTx,$(GNATS_ROOT),g' \
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 	@mv tmp-$@ $@
 
 $(SRCS5): ../Makefile $(MAN5)
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(man5dir)/
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)/
 	@echo Creating $@...
 	@file=`echo $@ | sed -e 's,\$(man5ext),,'` ; \
 	sed -e 's,xGNATS_ROOTx,$(GNATS_ROOT),g' \
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	@mv tmp-$@ $@
 
 $(SRCS7): ../Makefile $(MAN7)
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(man7dir)/
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)/
 	@echo Creating $@...
 	@file=`echo $@ | sed -e 's,\$(man7ext),,'` ; \
 	sed -e 's,xGNATS_ROOTx,$(GNATS_ROOT),g' \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 	@mv tmp-$@ $@
 
 $(SRCS8): ../Makefile $(MAN8)
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(man8dir)/
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/
 	@echo Creating $@...
 	@file=`echo $@ | sed -e 's,\$(man8ext),,'` ; \
 	sed -e 's,xGNATS_ROOTx,$(GNATS_ROOT),g' \
@@ -139,25 +139,25 @@
 
 install-gnats install-gnats-man: all-gnats install-tools
 	for i in $(SRCS5); do \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(man5dir)/$$i; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)/$$i; \
 	done
 	for i in $(SRCS7); do \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(man7dir)/$$i; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)/$$i; \
 	done
 	for i in $(SRCS8); do \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(man8dir)/$$i; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/$$i; \
 	done
 
 install-tools install-tools-man: all-tools
 	for i in $(SRCS1); do \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(man1dir)/$$i; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$i; \
 	done
 
 uninstall:
-	-for i in $(SRCS1); do rm -f $(man1dir)/$$i; done
-	-for i in $(SRCS5); do rm -f $(man5dir)/$$i; done
-	-for i in $(SRCS7); do rm -f $(man7dir)/$$i; done
-	-for i in $(SRCS8); do rm -f $(man8dir)/$$i; done
+	-for i in $(SRCS1); do rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$i; done
+	-for i in $(SRCS5); do rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)/$$i; done
+	-for i in $(SRCS7); do rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)/$$i; done
+	-for i in $(SRCS8); do rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/$$i; done
 
 force:
 dist:

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--- gnats/Makefile.in.bak	2004-04-01 12:27:11.000000000 -0600
+++ gnats/Makefile.in	2004-04-01 12:32:27.000000000 -0600
@@ -363,37 +363,37 @@
 install-tools-arch-dep: install-tools-bin
 
 install-tools-arch-indep: all-tools
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(datadir)/gnats
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(sysconfdir)/gnats/defaults
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/gnats
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/gnats/defaults
 	@if [ `whoami` = root -o `whoami` = $(GNATS_USER) ] ; then \
-	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(datadir)/gnats" ; \
-	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(datadir)/gnats ; \
+	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/gnats" ; \
+	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/gnats ; \
         else \
-	  echo "*** Warning: Must chown $(GNATS_USER) $(datadir)/gnats" ; \
+	  echo "*** Warning: Must chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/gnats" ; \
 	fi
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gnats.el $(lispdir)/gnats.el
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gnats.el $(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/gnats.el
 	for i in categories submitters responsible gnatsd.user_access addresses states classes dbconfig ; do \
 	    if [ -f "$$i" ] ; then \
-		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(sysconfdir)/gnats/defaults/$$i ; \
+		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/gnats/defaults/$$i ; \
 	    else \
-		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$i $(sysconfdir)/gnats/defaults/$$i ; \
+		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$i $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/gnats/defaults/$$i ; \
 	    fi ; \
 	done
 
 install-tools-bin: all-tools
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) query-pr $(bindir)/query-pr
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) getclose $(bindir)/getclose
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) edit-pr $(bindir)/edit-pr
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/diff-prs $(libexecdir)/gnats/diff-prs
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mail-agent $(libexecdir)/gnats/mail-agent
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) file-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/file-pr
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pr-age $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-age
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pr-edit $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) query-pr $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/query-pr
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) getclose $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/getclose
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) edit-pr $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/edit-pr
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/diff-prs $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/diff-prs
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mail-agent $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mail-agent
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) file-pr $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/file-pr
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pr-age $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-age
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pr-edit $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit
 	@if [ `whoami` = root -o `whoami` = $(GNATS_USER) ] ; then \
-	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit" ; \
-	  echo "chmod 4555 $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit" ; \
-	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit ; \
-	  chmod 4555 $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit ; \
+	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit" ; \
+	  echo "chmod 4555 $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit" ; \
+	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit ; \
+	  chmod 4555 $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit ; \
         else \
 	  echo "*** Warning: Must make pr-edit suid $(GNATS_USER)" ; \
 	fi
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@
 	else \
 	  if [ `whoami` = root -o `whoami` = $(GNATS_USER) ] ; then \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(GNATS_USER) gnats-databases \
-	                    $(GLOBAL_DB_LIST_FILE) ; \
+	                    $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_DB_LIST_FILE) ; \
 	  else \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) gnats-databases $(GLOBAL_DB_LIST_FILE) ; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) gnats-databases $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_DB_LIST_FILE) ; \
 	    echo "*** Warning: Must chown $(GNATS_USER) $(GLOBAL_DB_LIST_FILE)" ; \
 	  fi \
 	fi
@@ -422,10 +422,10 @@
 	else \
 	  if [ `whoami` = root -o `whoami` = $(GNATS_USER) ] ; then \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(GNATS_USER) $(srcdir)/gnatsd.host_access \
-	                    $(GNATSD_HOST_ACCESS_FILE) ; \
+	                    $(DESTDIR)$(GNATSD_HOST_ACCESS_FILE) ; \
           else \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gnatsd.host_access \
-	                    $(GNATSD_HOST_ACCESS_FILE) ; \
+	                    $(DESTDIR)$(GNATSD_HOST_ACCESS_FILE) ; \
 	    echo "*** Warning: Must chown $(GNATS_USER) $(GNATSD_HOST_ACCESS_FILE)" ; \
 	  fi \
 	fi
@@ -433,27 +433,29 @@
 	@echo "*** with $(libexecdir)/gnats/mkdb."
 
 install-gnats-bin: all-gnats install-tools-bin
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(libexecdir)/gnats
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gnatsd $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) at-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/at-pr
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) check-db $(libexecdir)/gnats/check-db
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) delete-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/delete-pr
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mkcat $(libexecdir)/gnats/mkcat
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mkdb $(libexecdir)/gnats/mkdb
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) rmcat $(libexecdir)/gnats/rmcat
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) queue-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gen-index $(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mail-query $(libexecdir)/gnats/mail-query
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gnats-pwconv $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-pwconv
+	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gnatsd $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) at-pr $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/at-pr
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) check-db $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/check-db
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) delete-pr $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/delete-pr
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mkcat $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mkcat
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mkdb $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mkdb
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) rmcat $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/rmcat
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) queue-pr $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gen-index $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) mail-query $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mail-query
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gnats-pwconv $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-pwconv
 	@if [ `whoami` = root -o `whoami` = $(GNATS_USER) ] ; then \
 	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/file-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index" ; \
 	  echo "chmod 4555 $(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/file-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index" ; \
-	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd" ; \
-	  echo "chmod 555 $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd" ; \
-	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index ; \
-	  chmod 4555 $(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr $(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index ; \
-	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd ; \
-	  chmod 555 $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd ; \
+	  echo "chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd" ; \
+	  echo "chmod 555 $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd" ; \
+	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr \
+	  	$(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index ; \
+	  chmod 4555 $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr \
+	  	$(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index ; \
+	  chown $(GNATS_USER) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd ; \
+	  chmod 555 $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnatsd ; \
 	else \
 	  echo "*** Warning: must make queue-pr and gen-index suid $(GNATS_USER)." ; \
 	fi
@@ -504,26 +506,26 @@
 
 # Don't use rm -rf in case there's other stuff in the directories
 uninstall:
-	-rm -f $(bindir)/edit-pr
-	-rm -f $(bindir)/query-pr
-	-rm -f $(bindir)/getclose
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-edit-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-age
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/at-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/check-db
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/delete-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/file-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/nfile-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-file-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/mkcat
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/mkdb
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/rmcat
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/mail-query
-	-rm -f $(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-pwconv
-	-rmdir $(libexecdir)/gnats
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/edit-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/query-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/getclose
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-edit-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-age
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/pr-edit
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/at-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/check-db
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/delete-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/file-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/nfile-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-file-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/queue-pr
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mkcat
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mkdb
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/rmcat
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gen-index
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/mail-query
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats/gnats-pwconv
+	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/gnats
 
 TAGS: $(SOURCES) $(LIBSRC)
 	etags -f TAGS $(SOURCES) $(LIBSRC) *.h gnats.el ;

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--- send-pr/Makefile.in.bak	2004-04-01 12:33:27.000000000 -0600
+++ send-pr/Makefile.in	2004-04-01 12:34:55.000000000 -0600
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@
 install-norm-arch-indep:
 
 install-norm-arch-dep:
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) send-pr $(bindir)/send-pr
-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) install-sid $(bindir)/install-sid
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) send-pr.1 $(man1dir)/send-pr.1
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) send-pr $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/send-pr
+	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) install-sid $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/install-sid
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) send-pr.1 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/send-pr.1
 
 uninstall:
-	-rm -f $(bindir)/send-pr $(bindir)/install-sid
-	-rmdir $(datadir)/gnats
-	-rm -f $(man1dir)/send-pr.1
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/send-pr $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/install-sid
+	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/gnats
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/send-pr.1
 
 TAGS:
 

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--- doc/Makefile.in.bak	2004-04-03 12:00:09.000000000 -0600
+++ doc/Makefile.in	2004-04-03 10:36:03.000000000 -0600
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
 
 install-gnats: info man
 	for i in gnats.info* gnats-faq.info*; do \
-		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(infodir)/$$i ; \
+		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$i ; \
 	done
 	-if [ -x "$(INSTALL_INFO)" ]; then \
-		$(INSTALL_INFO) $(infodir)/gnats.info $(infodir)/dir; \
-		$(INSTALL_INFO) $(infodir)/gnats-faq.info $(infodir)/dir; \
+		$(INSTALL_INFO) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gnats.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; \
+		$(INSTALL_INFO) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gnats-faq.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; \
 	fi
 	$(MAKE) -C man install-gnats
 
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
 
 uninstall:
 	-if [ -x "$(INSTALL_INFO)" ]; then \
-		$(INSTALL_INFO) --delete $(infodir)/gnats.info \
-		                $(infodir)/dir; \
-		$(INSTALL_INFO) --delete $(infodir)/gnats-faq.info \
-		                $(infodir)/dir; \
+		$(INSTALL_INFO) --delete $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gnats.info \
+		                $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; \
+		$(INSTALL_INFO) --delete $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gnats-faq.info \
+		                $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; \
 	fi
 	$(MAKE) -C man uninstall
 

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Re: GNATS debian package cleanups

[Chad Walstrom]

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More cleanup notes.  It looks like there was a couple missing manpages
for gnats.  "getclose" was one of them.  I wrote a new manpage a couple
nights ago using the existing ones as a template.  It is attached.

I also realized that the install-sid shell script did not have a
manpage.  In researching the script to find out what it did, I was
puzzled as to why it even existed.  All it does is replace the
Submitter-Id environment variable in the send-pr script.   The send-pr
script already references a configuration file (shell script),
/etc/gnats/send-pr.conf, to override the default variables in the script
itself.

Does anyone see a need to keep install-sid around?  In order to use it
on a send-pr installed in /usr/bin, the user must be root anyway.  It is
an administrator tool, and as an administrator, I cringe at the prospect
of having to remount /usr as read-write just to change a shell
environment variable in some random script.

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Re: GNATS debian package cleanups

[Mel Hatzis]

Hi Chad, ...

On 04/07/2004 08:53 AM, Chad Walstrom submitted:
> More cleanup notes.  It looks like there was a couple missing manpages
> for gnats.  "getclose" was one of them.  I wrote a new manpage a couple
> nights ago using the existing ones as a template.  It is attached.
> 
> I also realized that the install-sid shell script did not have a
> manpage.  In researching the script to find out what it did, I was
> puzzled as to why it even existed.  All it does is replace the
> Submitter-Id environment variable in the send-pr script.   The send-pr
> script already references a configuration file (shell script),
> /etc/gnats/send-pr.conf, to override the default variables in the script
> itself.

Note that the send-pr.conf file is not part of the GNATS install...it's
something that the GNATS administrator must manually setup.

> Does anyone see a need to keep install-sid around?  In order to use it
> on a send-pr installed in /usr/bin, the user must be root anyway.  It is
> an administrator tool, and as an administrator, I cringe at the prospect
> of having to remount /usr as read-write just to change a shell
> environment variable in some random script.
> 

The idea of setting a default Submitter-Id in send-pr (which is what
install-sid exists for) assumes a usage model for GNATS in which
multiple separate organizations are filing PRs against a centralized
GNATS datastore, and each organization is equipped with a send-pr which
identifies it for PRs submitted from that organization.

In an organization running it's own GNATS server, the submitter-id
is generally of limited value.

Considering the first usage model (multiple disparate organizations
filing against a single GNATS repository), is is useful for the
centralized GNATS server to identify where the PR originates.

Now that we have that out of the way, we can begin to consider why
install-sid is around. It's a question of how send-pr is installed.
If one wanted to supply a single version of send-pr that could be
distributed to many organizations, say, as part of a standard set
of OS utilities, one obviously, cannot assume a submitter-id. How
would the submitter-id be defined for each organization?

Before the send-pr.conf file it probably seemed appropriate to have a
"random script" for defining the default submitter-id in send-pr if
one was not already defined.

Now that we have send-pr.conf, I suggest we get rid of install-sid and
modify the send-pr error message (referring to install-sid) so that
it instead, references the send-pr.conf file.

As for organizations running their own private GNATS server, the GNATS
installer ought to use the '--with-submitter' and '--with-organization'
configure options to setup appropriate defaults. This will allow them
to operate without installing a send-pr.conf file. Of course, there's
no harm in using one in any case, though I prefer not to install files
unless it's necessary.

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Re: GNATS debian package cleanups

[Yngve Svendsen]

Mel Hatzis wrote:

> Now that we have send-pr.conf, I suggest we get rid of install-sid and
> modify the send-pr error message (referring to install-sid) so that
> it instead, references the send-pr.conf file.

I agree. Install-sid was essentially part of the old, badly done and 
badly documented, gnats client install system containing mkdist and friends.

By the way, looking through the GNATS docs on www.gnu.org, it is obvious 
that I've been lazy. I'll get the final v4.0 docs uploaded in the 
various relevant formats in the near future.

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Re: GNATS debian package cleanups

[Chad Walstrom]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:12:55AM -0700, Mel Hatzis wrote:
> Note that the send-pr.conf file is not part of the GNATS install...
> it's something that the GNATS administrator must manually setup.

We should amend this and provide a default (commented out) conf file.

> Now that we have send-pr.conf, I suggest we get rid of install-sid and
> modify the send-pr error message (referring to install-sid) so that it
> instead, references the send-pr.conf file.

Agreed! I've already excluded its installation in the new Debian
packages. ;-)

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