Bug#217814: base-config: previously downloaded package files get deleted

[Bernhard Kuemel <bernhard@rainbow.bksys.at>]

Package: base-config
Version: 1.73
Severity: normal


I suspect base-config to automatically answer yes to the "Do you want to
delete any previously downloaded package files?" It probably happened
when during a debian installaiion I managed to import
/var/cache/apt/archives via NFS or when I used base-config to "set" my
RTC to UTC that most of our package collection on our file server got
deleted.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux b 2.4.20 #5 Thu Jun 5 11:43:49 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.51             Add and remove users and groups
ii  apt                     0.5.14           Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  bsdutils                1:2.12-3         Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  console-data            2002.12.04dbs-18 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii  console-tools           1:0.2.3dbs-44    Linux console and font utilities
ii  debconf                 1.3.15           Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-8        Change and administer password and

-- debconf information:
  tzconfig/select_zone: 
  tzconfig/verify_choices: 
* base-config/intro: 
* apt-setup/security-updates: true
* base-config/run-tasksel: false
* apt-setup/another: false
  base-config/stop-ppp: true
* apt-setup/mirror: gd.tuwien.ac.at
  base-config/start-display-manager: true
  apt-setup/directory: /opsys/linux/debian/
  base-config/install-problem: true
  tzconfig/change_timezone: false
* base-config/pkgsel: nothing - you may manually run apt-get or any of the above later
  apt-setup/cd/another: false
* apt-setup/non-free: true
  apt-setup/badedit: 
* apt-setup/non-us: true
  apt-setup/baddir: 
  apt-setup/hostname: gd.tuwien.ac.at
  base-config/login: 
* tzconfig/gmt: true
* apt-setup/contrib: true
  apt-setup/non-us-failed: 
* tzconfig/geographic_area: Europe
* base-config/run-dselect: false
* apt-setup/http_proxy: 
  apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
* apt-setup/country: Austria
* base-config/remove-pcmcia: true
  apt-setup/badsource: 
* base-config/use-ppp: false
  apt-setup/uri_type: cdrom
  apt-setup/not-mirror: 
  base-config/get-hostname: ${HOSTNAME}
  base-config/retry-ppp: true
* base-config/login-with-tty: 
  apt-setup/security-updates-failed: 
  apt-setup/cd/bad: 
  apt-setup/distribution: stable
  base-config/invalid-hostname: