Package: mgetty-docs
Version: 1.1.27-4.1
Severity: minorq

The inittab.DEBIAN file in examples directory consists of this:

# The following are examples on how to use mgetty for your modem lines.
# Please leave the lines with "mgetty begin" "mgetty end" in this file. If
# you decide to remove mgetty from this system then the parts between those
# comments will be erased and your inittab cleaned up.

# Standard case: Full featured mgetty controlled from /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config
#s0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS0

# A modem that does only data. Modems often have trouble distinguishing data
# calls from fax call. You might want to use this with those troublesome modems.
#s1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D ttyS1

# A special modem that displays a different issue file.
#s2:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -i /etc/issue.special ttyS2

# A modem that only supports 19200 baud and we would like it to only pick up
# after the 4th ring.
#s3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -n4 -s19200 -D ttyS3

Notice that it says not to remove the lines "mgetty begin" and "mgetty end"
that are not, in fact, there.

severity 191525 minor
tags 191525 + patch
thanks,

* Carl Fink (carl@fink.to) [030501 16:05]:

You're right, this is wrong.

The mgetty-Package does not provide any entries in /etc/inittab,
neither removes them after de-installation. So it should be best to
remove these four lines.

But it could be formed as a wishlist-entry that mgetty does one day
both (as e.g. isdnutils does).


Cheers,
Andi

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mgetty, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

mgetty-docs_1.1.30-2_all.deb
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty-docs_1.1.30-2_all.deb
mgetty-fax_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty-fax_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
mgetty-pvftools_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty-pvftools_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
mgetty-viewfax_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty-viewfax_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
mgetty-voice_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty-voice_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
mgetty_1.1.30-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty_1.1.30-2.diff.gz
mgetty_1.1.30-2.dsc
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty_1.1.30-2.dsc
mgetty_1.1.30-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty_1.1.30-2_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 191525@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Wolfgang Sourdeau <was@debian.org> (supplier of updated mgetty package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


Format: 1.7
Date: Tue,  1 Jul 2003 23:55:30 -0400
Source: mgetty
Binary: mgetty-voice mgetty-docs mgetty-fax mgetty-pvftools mgetty-viewfax mgetty
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 1.1.30-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Wolfgang Sourdeau <was@debian.org>
Changed-By: Wolfgang Sourdeau <was@debian.org>
Description:
 mgetty     - Smart Modem getty replacement
 mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
 mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty
 mgetty-pvftools - Programs for listening and manipulating pvf and rmd files
 mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X
 mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty
Closes: 11478 13540 22156 68714 72269 86917 127304 191525 191623 195179 197966
Changes:
 mgetty (1.1.30-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Fixed some package descriptions.
   * Install faxrunqd back into /usr/sbin/.
   * Documentation for /etc/issue updated. Thanks to Andreas Barth
     <aba@not.so.argh.org>. (Closes: #72269)
   * Adapted faxrunq.conf to give example paths more compliant with the FHS.
   * Remove useless warning from mgetty-fax.init.d. Make the start of
     faxrunqd an installation option with debconf. (Closes: #68714)
   * mgetty-fax now depends on debconf. Dependency on gs OR'd with
     gs-aladdin and gs-esp for completion.
   * Standards version set to 3.5.8 in debian/control.
   * Permissions of binaries and directories set with post-installation
     scripts instead of from debian/rules.
   * README.Debian more accurate regarding /etc/mgetty/new_fax. (Closes: #197966)
   * Obsolete bug reports. (Closes: #13540, #22156)
   * Useless bug report. (Closes: #191623)
   * Documentation fix. (Closes: #191525)
   * Do not provide cron scripts anymore. Depends on logrotate instead.
     (Closes: #127304)
   * Merge of debian/postinst with debian/mgetty.postinst.
   * Produce better tiff files. (Closes: #86917)
   * New security scheme. Old bug closed. Security enhancements correctly
     adapted to Debian. (Closes: #11478, #195179)
Files:
 19ac0ce36402924940dd365a0c640423 691 comm extra mgetty_1.1.30-2.dsc
 c8f8c7311d2b248717d8599ccc7ae1d2 42750 comm extra mgetty_1.1.30-2.diff.gz
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 > The mgetty-Package does not provide any entries in /etc/inittab,
 > neither removes them after de-installation.  So it should be best to
 > remove these four lines.

 > But it could be formed as a wishlist-entry that mgetty does one day
 > both (as e.g. isdnutils does).

	It's my opinion that inittab(5) is such a fragile file that it
	shouldn't be touched unless explicitly requested.  Given that
	editing inittab(5) manually isn't a big deal, I'd suggest
	marking this bug with wontfix.

	TIA.