Bug#68703: general: when 2 conflicting packages share the same configuration file, replacing one fo the other, then purging the former at a later time will remove the shared configuration file
On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 02:44:33PM +0000, Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote:
> Package: general
> Version: 20000807
> Severity: normal
>
> when 2 conflicting packages share the same configuration file, replacing one fo the other, then purging the former at a later time will remove the shared configuration file
>
> for exemple, with ftpd & bsd-ftpd :
>
> apt-get install ftpd # will install ftpd
> apt-get install bsd-ftpd # will remove ftpd and install bsd-ftpd
>
> then
>
> dpkg --purge ftpd
>
> will destroy the configuration files created by the ftpd installation,
> e.g. /etc/ftpusers, despite the fact that they are used by bsd-ftpd.
You may need to have a Conflict and a Replace to let dpkg know this.
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