Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-20 Thread Colin Watson
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-20 Thread Colin Watson
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:54:25 +0100 Muhammad Hussain Yusuf [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message, and the

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg will not complain. -- One disk to rule them

removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message,

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:54:25 +0100 Muhammad Hussain Yusuf [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message, and the

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:28:27PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg will not complain. -- One disk to rule them all,