Bug#711925: apache2-doc's config file breaks apache itself

[Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Arno Töll <arno@debian.org> wrote:

On 24.07.2013 22:47, Stefan Fritsch wrote:
>> The bug in apache2 is that we still treat this situation as an
>> upgrade  in the postinst even if there is nothing left of the old
>> install. If we can detect it, we should probably treat it as a new
>> install instead.

I do not think we could in a deterministic way. We might be able to
guess based on certain heuristics, like no conffiles whatsoever but the
apache packages being installed. However, I am sure this will bite
others who deliberately rm'ed all of /etc/apache2 because they think our
configuration sucks anyway.

Arno,

could you please rethink the idea of re-adding apache2.2-common with version Breaks: on all reverse depends (with versions from wheezy, the jessie can be handled by filling RC bugs case-by-case).

O.

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Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>