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Re: notifying the user about an incompatible upgrade



also sprach Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu> [2007.06.04.2012 +0200]:
> These options occurred to me:
>   Try to upgrade the user's old configuration automatically.

If you do this conservatively, it might be worth a try. This is what
I do with mdadm.

>   Document it in NEWS.

Yes. Definitely.

>   Print a warning on stderr.

No.

>   Use a debconf note.

No.

>   Send an email to root or some other system user.

No.

What package is this anyway?

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