Bug#801755: closed by Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org> (Bug#801755: fixed in cqrlog 1.9.0-5)
On 2015-11-13 09:50, Colin Tuckley wrote:
> On 12/11/15 23:03, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
>
>> OK, tested the upgrade path ... still failing, so we need a Conflicts in
>> mysql-server-5.6 to ensure cqrlog gets upgraded first (and undos the
>> conffile modifications). Verified that this works.
>> Bug filed against mysql-5.6: #804920
>
> Actually, I'm not sure that is correct, the file that cqrlog modifies
> has a header that *explicitly* says it is used for local modifications.
> Surely if that is the case it can't be a conf file?
I don't see a problem here. Local modifications means $ADMIN running
$EDITOR on that file, and these have to be preserved. But conffiles are
not to be modified by maintainer scripts or the like (with the exception
of undoing the incorrectly done edits in the first place).
Check the policy about the distinction between "configuation files" and
"conffiles".
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files
Andreas
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