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Bug#108587: May packages rm -rf subdirectories of /etc/ ?



On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 07:24:51AM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> Now, the above proposal is that an offer be made to the admin to
> rename A.conf to A.conf.dpkg-old .  In recognition of Wichert's
> failure scenario, the prompt should at least warn the admin that
> agreeing to rename the file _could_ break packages that Depend
> on A.

No objection.  If the admin is concerned he should be able to background
the prompt and investigate just as with the current
changed-conffile-overwrite prompt.

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