Bug#519111: release-notes: exim4-upgrade fails when choosing "N"
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
During dist-upgrade the user is asked several times if they wish to
install new config-files provided by the maintainer of the packet, keep
their old config files, see both files to compare. The default answer
is "N" - i.e. keep the old config files, and this is usually save. But
users run into troubles, when they do not install the new config-files
for Exim4 4.69. They are left with a broken exim4 they cannot even
uninstall easyly.
see eg:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-exim4-users/2009-March/001587.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/exim-users@exim.org/msg25245.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-german/2009/02/msg01318.html
So I suggest that some warning be included into the Release notes,
that exim4-users should choose the new config-files unless they really
know what they are doing.
Best regards,
jutta
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