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Bug#2828: [PATCH] check dev/inode before removing old files on upgrade



Previously sparc porters wrote:
> The work around is for dpkg to check each file it removes on upgrading the
> package against the files in the new version, by stat'ing them and comparing
> dev/inode.

Should you be using lstat here?

Wichert.

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