Re: Modified conffile not detected on package upgrade
On Sat 11 Jan 2014 at 11:04:08 +0100, Malte Forkel wrote:
> I have a question regarding the handling of locally modified conffiles
> on package upgrades.
>
> When I installed a new version of a self-written native package, I
> noticed that I was not asked whether I wanted to keep or replace a
> configuration file that I had modified locally. After the upgrade, my
> modified version was still in place and there was no *.dpkg-dist.
>
> The file resides in a subdirectory of /etc, and seems to be recognized
> as a conffile: It gets removed by apt-get purge but not by apt-get
> remove. Using dpkg-deb -c, I verified that the file is part of the new
> package.
>
> I'm running a fairly generic installation of Debian wheezy.
>
> What might I be missing?
Ckeck that the file in question is a conffile:
dpkg --status <package_name>
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