On 23.09.2014 15:01, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2014-09-23 14:43:49 +0200, Arno Töll wrote: >> We install this file through dh_installlogrotate and it is listed as a >> conffile in the binary package of apache2. That means, it will be >> handled like any other configuration file in Debian with special care >> and it won't overwrite changes YOU made. > > OK, but then, is there any reason not to announce it in the NEWS file? > This is a significant configuration change! This is a change like the ones which happen every day in Debian during an update. It's not "newsworthy" I think. > Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be possible to hint dpkg: according > to the dpkg(1) man page, all the conffile related options are in the > case "If a conffile is missing" or "If a conffile has been modified" > (while here it exists, but was not modified because the default was > OK). You're looking for --force-confold. See http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/ for all details. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D
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