Re: dpkg: File missing at postinst (Re: Bug#98419: Postgresql on sid (fwd))
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:04:16PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> One case I can think of where the config file may not get installed
> (AFAIK + IIRC, but not recently tested):
>
> 1. user manually deletes the file.
> 2. user installs latest version of package.
> 3. conffile within package has not changed since the last version user had
> installed.
> 4. dpkg sees that the conffile has not changed, and does bother reinstalling
> it.
... and this is exactly what would happen if you "remove all traces"
of the package by removing (but NOT purging) it and then deleting
the conffile.
Could that be the problem? In that case it would be fixed by actually
purging the package.
(This could be a fairly generic problem -- since apt-get remove
doesn't purge, any sysadmin who "cleans up" the /etc directory will
get into this situation with a lot of packages.)
Richard Braakman
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