Bug#308092: marked as done (apt-get --reinstall doesn't replace missing files)
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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.
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From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>,
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Subject: Re: Bug#308092: apt-get --reinstall doesn't replace missing files
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On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 11:02:22PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> > 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
>
> Those are conffiles. Conffiles are left as they are by dpkg. Nothing
> apt specific. If you are lucky you will have a
> /etc/hotplug/usb/libgphoto2.dpkg* file.
Correct, this is not a bug.
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- mdz
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