Bug#305192: [CONFFILE][TRIVIAL] dpkg allow overwrite files by default
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.27
Severity: grave
Default dpkg.conf include force-overwrite. This is improper. All "force"
options must be setted by admin explicitly.
Severity is grave because this can lead to significant data lost in unstable
distrib. For instance, package ia32libs version 1.1 in amd64 distr
suddenly overwrite many /bin/* files from coreutils.
Also add /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg as conf file instead of copy in dpkg.postinst.
It is strange to see such vilolation package packing in package dpkg.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.27 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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