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Bug#255504: dpkg: config file replacement question is badly phrased



On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 14:46 +0100, Aquarion wrote:

> When a new config file is installed, you get a question like this:
> 
> Configuration file `/etc/dovecot.conf'
>  ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
>  ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
>    What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
>     Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
>     N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
>       D     : show the differences between the versions
>       Z     : background this process to examine the situation
>  The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** dovecot.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? o
> 
> But the question (What would you like to do about it?) bares no relation
> to two of the options (Yes and No), which are also needlessly
> duplicated.
> 
There is no "Yes" or "No" option; there is "install the package
maintainer's version" and "keep your currently-installed version" which
happen to be bound to the keys "Y" and "N", but these don't mean "Yes"
or "No".

Scott
-- 
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Had strange things happen?  Are you going round the twist?

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