Package: dpkg Severity: important Hi,
as I've already written to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I figured that dpkgs behaviour when conffiles are conflicting is somewhat broken. To cite the original mail: On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 13:19:30 +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > What I figured is that: > If Package A contains the conffile /etc/foobar and Package B contains > another conffile /etc/foobar and noone of the packages diverts the file > or has a Replaces field set in control, the configuration file is silently > replaced by the package that is installed last in installation order. > In effect the dpkg -L output for the first installed package does not > contain the file anymore. > What I expected is that on installation of Package B a warning would > have been issued that Package B tries to replace a (configuration) file > which also belongs to another Package A (and that the installation would > fail). Just like it is for normal files in the package. From my point of > view this _is_ the right behaviour. Best Regards, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
