Bug#149497: dpkg: dpkg.cfg: --force-overwrite: not enabled on upgrade

[Jeff Sheinberg <jeffsh@erols.com>]

Adam Heath writes:
 > On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Jeff Sheinberg wrote:
 > 
 > > Package: dpkg
 > > Version: 1.9.21
 > > Severity: normal
 > >
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > According to the "changelog.Debian.gz" file,
 > >
 > >     * Enable --force-overwrite by default in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg
 > >
 > > this was _not_ done during the upgrade.  Also, the dpkg man page
 > > does not mark "force-overwrite" as the default, I find this to be
 > > confusing in light of the above changelog item.
 > >
 > > Here are the diffs from my dpkg.cfg file against the last conffile
 > > version of this dpkg.cfg,
 > 
 > Um, from what version are you upgrading from?

Version 1.9.20, I am running woody.

 > 
 > This change will only take affect for those running a dpkg that never had
 > dpkg.cfg support.  Ie, those that never ran woody.  It's those people that
 > need this flag, not those already running woody.
 > 
 > My suggestion is to close this bug.

-- 
Jeff Sheinberg  <jeffsh@erols.com>



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