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Re: dpkg tries to remove a config file twice ...



On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:10:59PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Change it to "rm -f ...". That way, you wont get an error. You should do
> > it this way anyway, else your package becomes uninstallable if the user
> > removes the file before removing the package.

Everyone is in agreement that "rm -f" is the correct procedure, for
the reason stated above.

But I'm still curious about the cause of the initial question: why does
the file get removed twice?

-S

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