Conffile prompt on upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04

[Steve Magoun]

I got a conffile prompt for /etc/avserver.conf when upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04. I have never touched this file by hand, and the diff looks like it was caused by a rename from 'FFServer' to 'AVServer'.

This file should be updated automatically, without user intervention, during a dist upgrade.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libav-tools 6:9.10-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: vboxpci vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Dec 13 09:30:26 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (1183 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
SourcePackage: libav
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-13 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.avserver.conf: 2011-08-26T06:12:12

[Steve Magoun (smagoun)]

Here is the diff:

--- /etc/avserver.conf 2011-08-26 06:12:12.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/avserver.conf.dpkg-new 2013-11-03 08:51:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # MaxClients maximum limit.
 MaxHTTPConnections 2000

-# Number of simultaneous requests that can be handled. Since FFServer
+# Number of simultaneous requests that can be handled. Since AVServer
 # is very fast, it is more likely that you will want to leave this high
 # and use MaxBandwidth, below.
 MaxClients 1000
@@ -25,24 +25,21 @@
 # '-' is the standard output.
 CustomLog -

-# Suppress that if you want to launch ffserver as a daemon.
-NoDaemon
-

 ##################################################################
 # Definition of the live feeds. Each live feed contains one video
-# and/or audio sequence coming from an ffmpeg encoder or another
-# ffserver. This sequence may be encoded simultaneously with several
+# and/or audio sequence coming from an avconv encoder or another
+# avserver. This sequence may be encoded simultaneously with several
 # codecs at several resolutions.

 <Feed feed1.ffm>

-# You must use 'ffmpeg' to send a live feed to ffserver. In this
+# You must use 'avconv' to send a live feed to avserver. In this
 # example, you can type:
 #
-# ffmpeg http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm
+# avconv http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm

-# ffserver can also do time shifting. It means that it can stream any
+# avserver can also do time shifting. It means that it can stream any
 # previously recorded live stream. The request should contain:
 # "http://xxxx?date=[YYYY-MM-DDT][[HH:]MM:]SS[.m...]".You must specify
 # a path where the feed is stored on disk. You also specify the
@@ -55,10 +52,10 @@
 # ReadOnlyFile /saved/specialvideo.ffm
 # This marks the file as readonly and it will not be deleted or updated.

-# Specify launch in order to start ffmpeg automatically.
-# First ffmpeg must be defined with an appropriate path if needed,
+# Specify launch in order to start avconv automatically.
+# First avconv must be defined with an appropriate path if needed,
 # after that options can follow, but avoid adding the http:// field
-#Launch ffmpeg
+#Launch avconv

 # Only allow connections from localhost to the feed.
 ACL allow 127.0.0.1
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@
 ##################################################################
 # Now you can define each stream which will be generated from the
 # original audio and video stream. Each format has a filename (here
-# 'test1.mpg'). FFServer will send this stream when answering a
+# 'test1.mpg'). AVServer will send this stream when answering a
 # request containing this filename.

 <Stream test1.mpg>
@@ -334,7 +331,7 @@
 # multicast address with MulticastAddress. The port and the TTL can
 # also be set.
 #
-# An SDP file is automatically generated by ffserver by adding the
+# An SDP file is automatically generated by avserver by adding the
 # 'sdp' extension to the stream name (here
 # http://localhost:8090/test1-sdp.sdp). You should usually give this
 # file to your player to play the stream.
@@ -373,5 +370,3 @@
 <Redirect index.html>
 URL http://www.libav.org/
 </Redirect>
-
-

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Recent versions of libav do not include /etc/avserver.conf anymore. So this should be fixed.