Re: Modified conffile not detected on package upgrade
On 2014-01-11 13:20 +0100, Malte Forkel wrote:
> Am 11.01.2014 11:53, schrieb Dominique Dumont:
>> Did you change the content of the conffile in the package ?
>> (i.e. the content of the *delivered* configuration file between package
>> version n and version n-1)
>>
> No. The configuration file did not change between versions.
In this case, the behavior is to be expected (you can override it with the
--confask option option, though).
> Is dpkg smart enough to only ask the user if the delivered configuration
> file changes?
Exactly, dpkg stores the md5sum of the delivered conffile in its
database and only prompts if both the file on disk and the file in the
new package have diverged.
Cheers,
Sven
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