On Tue, 15 May 2012 23:41:36 +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > >> I had a file /usr/sbin/spfd installed already on my system, and when I > >> installed this package it overwrote the existing file without backing > >> it up or at least asking whether it is ok to overwrite it. > > Where did this /usr/sbin/spfd come from? > > > > If on the other hand the file was locally installed or came from some > > package out of the Debian archive, then we can't do anything about > > it, I guess ... > It was locally installed... So what I observed is the expected behavior?
I would say so, yes. At least in my understanding, /usr/sbin is managged by the package system, and local files should be places into /usr/local or /opt, also according to the FHS. (And if there were something wrong here, it would be in dpkg and not in this specific package.) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue
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