Re: Bug in pcmcia-cs install script?
Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> schrieb:
> > > Now, upon upgrade, debconf informed me that the file from the new
> > > package differs from the existing file "created by you or a script",
> > > as usual. What I think it should have done is either parse the old
> > > file and put the data in the new one (at a first glance, the file
> > > format seemed very different, however upon closer inspection it was
> > > only the order and the comments that have changed, not the syntax), or
> > > rather call again the script that originally created that file.
>
> This has nothing to do with debconf, is regular dpkg conffile handling,
Yes, I mixed this up.
> and is not a bug.
Hm, why not? It messed up my network configuration, which I wouldn't
expect if I upgrade potato to a _stable_ woody. Of course, I don't
complain now. But how will that be handled in the future?
TIA, Frank
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