RFR: debsums debconf templates

[Francois Marier-3]

Hello,

Here are two debconf questions I would like to see reviewed (one of which is new):

Template: debsums/apt-autogen
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Should debsum files be automatically generated by apt-get?
 Not all packages contain debsum information as is.  However, debsums can
 be installed so that apt will automatically generate debsum files of
 installed packages.  This may be useful for checking system integrity
 later, though it should not be relied on as a security measure.

Template: debsums/dailycron
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Run daily debsums security check?
 By default, a cronjob will verify every package's checksum information
 every night to make sure that none of the files have changed since the
 package was installed.
 .
 This security check takes some time to run but is highly recommended.


Thanks!

Francois


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[Christian Perrier]

Quoting Francois Marier (francois@...):
> Hello,
>
> Here are two debconf questions I would like to see reviewed (one of which is new):

I found nothing specific.

As there are potential changes (because of the review) and new
strings, I hope you will send a call for translation updates *before*
uploading?

[Justin B Rye]

Francois Marier wrote:

> Here are two debconf questions I would like to see reviewed (one of which is new):
>
> Template: debsums/apt-autogen
> Type: boolean
> Default: true
> _Description: Should debsum files be automatically generated by apt-get?
>  Not all packages contain debsum information as is.  However, debsums can
>  be installed so that apt will automatically generate debsum files of
>  installed packages.  This may be useful for checking system integrity
>  later, though it should not be relied on as a security measure.

They're md5sum files generated by debsums - unless there's a
/usr/bin/debsum I don't think you get to talk about "debsum" files.

  _Description: Should debsums files be automatically generated by apt-get?
   Not all packages contain debsums information. However, debsums can be
   configured so that apt will automatically generate debsums files for
   installed packages. This may be useful for checking system integrity
   later, though it should not be relied on as a security measure.

> Template: debsums/dailycron
> Type: boolean
> Default: true
> _Description: Run daily debsums security check?
>  By default, a cronjob will verify every package's checksum information
>  every night to make sure that none of the files have changed since the
>  package was installed.
>  .
>  This security check takes some time to run but is highly recommended.

No complaints here.
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        sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package


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[MJ Ray-2]

I'm unsure who wants CCs.  Taking best guess...

Justin B Rye <jbr@...> wrote:
>   _Description: Should debsums files be automatically generated by apt-get?
>    Not all packages contain debsums information. However, debsums can be
>    configured so that apt will automatically generate debsums files for
>    installed packages. This may be useful for checking system integrity
>    later, though it should not be relied on as a security measure.

"automatically" should apply to "generated" not "be" or "will".
Also, this sounds like configuring apt to call debsums - isn't it?
"but" seems clearer than "though" and it's not used already.
"relied on" or "relied upon"?

Possible mod:-

  _Description: Should debsums files be generated automatically by apt-get?
   Not all packages contain debsums information. However, apt can be
   configured to generate debsums files for installed packages
   automatically. This may be useful for checking system integrity
   later, but it should not be relied upon as a security measure.


> > Template: debsums/dailycron
> > Type: boolean
> > Default: true
> > _Description: Run daily debsums security check?
> >  By default, a cronjob will verify every package's checksum information
> >  every night to make sure that none of the files have changed since the
> >  package was installed.
> >  .
> >  This security check takes some time to run but is highly recommended.

Maybe change "Run" to "Install" - execution depends on there being a
cron running, doesn't it?

Other than that, this one looks fine to me.

Hope that helps,
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