Bug#47267: Bug#163183: Bug #47267 in pam-apps?
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Ben Collins wrote:
> > I just tested your hypothesis on two packages that
> > share a conffile, the second Conflicts:ing with the
> > first (as login Conflicts: with pam-apps):
> > 1. Install #1 (which installs the conffile)
> > 2. Install #2 (which removes #1 and takes over the conffile)
> > 3. Purge #1
> > The last step did *not* delete the conffile.
>
> I said:
>
> 1. Install #1
> 2. Deinstall #2 (not purge)
> 3. Install #2
> 4. Purge #1
The above is the way I believe apt does things.
If this is the case, and the bug happens in Ben's version, but not Thomas',
then my guess is that all we need to do is add another simple test to a single
conditional.
Finding said conditional and which test to add is left as an excersize for
the reader.
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