Bug#2720: base & modules file conflict (+another file conflict problem)

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

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.1.5

Andy Guy writes ("base & modules file conflict (+another file conflict problem)"):
> modules 1.3.69f-2 and base 1.1.0-2 both contain /etc/conf.modules
>
> I think that conf files shoulnd't be used for conflict purposes if
> they are conf files in both packages.
>
> This is especially true if the package has been removed but not purged
> - which is what dpkg does for conflicting packages.

Hmm.  I think you're probably right.  I'll file this as a bug report.

Ian.