On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 12:38:30PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> > I realise that. That wasn't the feature I was describing. The
> > problem arises when two packages share the same config files
> > (e.g. exim and exim-tls): with both installed, it is impossible
> > to purge one and remove it from the dpkg database entirely
> > without removing the config files for the other (because they
> > are the same config files).
> This is a dpkg problem. I suggest you deal with it there, not for apt.
That's nifty. Policy says:
] 11.7.4. Sharing configuration files
] -----------------------------------
] Packages which specify the same file as a `conffile' must be tagged
] as _conflicting_ with each other.
...but clearly that's not actually enough, since conflicts aren't taken into
account when a package is removed-but-not-purged.
Perhaps if you have a conffile <foo> mentioned by removed-but-not-purged
package <bar>, and also by newly-installed-package <baz> ownership of the
conffile should be automatically transferred to <baz> (and possibly <bar>
should "disappear" if appropriate)?
Cheers,
aj
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