Bug#307493: dpkg: unable to reinstall a package (xlibs) , files not overwrited

["Sylvain Ferriol" <Sylvain.Ferriol@imag.fr>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.27
Severity: normal


hello
i found a problem in xlibs after upgrading debian, a file (/etc/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86) was not upgraded.
so i try to reinstall xlibs_....deb by the following command:
dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_...deb
but nothing has changed

so the last solution was to unpack the deb 
dpkg -x /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_...deb .
cp etc/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86 /etc/X11/xkb/keycodes/.

is there a solution in dpkg to force to reinstall conffiles (xlibs.conffiles)

thanks
sylvain


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

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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