Bug#2700: dpkg overwrites conffile
Dirk> Package: dpkg
Dirk> Version: 1.1.5elf
Dirk>
Dirk> I just used dselect go over my mirror partition to automatically
Dirk> upgrade to the newest packages (very nice feature this is!). When
Dirk> installing modules-1.3.69f-1, the file /etc/conf.modules was
Dirk> overwritten (with the usual warning that force was employed).
Dirk>
Dirk> The trouble is that /etc/conf.modules is a conffile for the base
Dirk> package (I have 0.93.6-13). I don't think that it is a good idea to
Dirk> use the overwrite mechanism (which is indeed very useful for manpages
Dirk> in two packages and the like) to blow away conffiles. Now I have to
Dirk> get it back from the backup tape....
Ian> But /etc/conf.modules isn't listed as a conffile in the modules
Ian> package, so dpkg was right just to install it, surely ?
Ian>
Ian> I'm reassigning this bug to the modules package.
See also bug#2706.
I got a note from the system that the modules maintainer took care of this,
but I haven't heard from him. Michael?
Ian> While I'm here: please don't CC bug reports anywhere yourself - use
Ian> X-Debian-CC. Just CC causes problems, because if I reply to your bug
Ian> report and CC debian-bugs again it will assign it another bug number.
And knowing that you wouldn't CC: debian-bugs but To: debian-bugs, no?
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Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
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