Bug#308092: apt-get --reinstall doesn't replace missing files

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.6

On an up-to-date stock sarge system, I tried to replace the
following missing files,

/etc/hotplug/usb/libgphoto2
/etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/libsane

using the following commands:

apt-get --reinstall install libsane
apt-get --reinstall install libgphoto2-2

The respective directories of the missing files exist and the commands
run without evident error, but neither missing file is replaced.

On the other hand, reinstalling the packages using "dpkg -P" followed
by "apt-get install" replaces the missing files as expected.