Bug#2821: findutils doesn't backup /etc/cron.daily/find

[Carlos Carvalho <carlos@fisica.ufpr.br>]

Kevin Dalley (kevin@aimnet.com) wrote on 26 April 1996 01:06:
 >1.  Please tell me which version of findutils you were updating from.

The one in .99R6.

 >Possibly, if your version were quite old, and didn't have conffiles,
 >you would experience the symptoms you saw.

I have no idea.

 >2.  Also, please tell me which version of dpkg you were using.
 >Perhaps an ancient version of dpkg would cause the described problems.

Now I'm using 1.1.5 aout. The previous one was from .99R6.

 >Finally, if you had *not* modified /etc/cron.daily/find, then it will
 >be replaced with the latest distributed version when you upgrade.
 >Occasionally, this is not what the user desires.

Maybe this is the cause. If you really check it wasn't modified
there's no problem, but you must be sure of it, and you should say it
to the user.

Carlos