Bug#2388: gpm doesn't preserve configuration over upgrades

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Chris Fearnley writes ("Bug#2388: gpm doesn't preserve configuration over upgrades"):
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> gpm shouldn't redo my configuration /etc/init.d/gpm everytime I
> reinstall it.  In fact, /etc/init.d/gpm should be a conffile.  The
>                     if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]; then
> treatment should be used in the postinst to achieve this, I think.

No, the right way to see if the package needs to be configured is
(usually) to look at the configuration.  I'm not familiar with gpm in
particular, though ...

> Moreover, I think the postinst should offer to start gpm
> (/etc/init.d/gpm start).

True.

Ian.