The problem is that the override is not being set if the file is empty and the package creates empty files.
Having said that, the package needs a lot of work with lintian errors
and such. Part of those fixes would be a sane installation and using
'ucf' to manage the updates of the files. As that adds a dependency, I'm
thinking of using this patch:
--- mailreader.orig/debian/postinst 2008-08-28 22:13:02.000000000 +0100
+++ mailreader-2.3.36/debian/postinst 2008-08-28 22:13:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh -e
+#! /bin/sh
# postinst script for mailreader
#
# see: dh_installdeb(1)
@@ -271,11 +271,15 @@
if $RET; then
mv /etc/${PACKAGE}/server.cfg
/etc/${PACKAGE}/server.cfg.dpkg-old
fi
+ else
+ mv ${SVRCONF} /etc/${PACKAGE}/server.cfg
fi
if [ -s /etc/${PACKAGE}/main.cfg ]; then
if $RET; then
mv /etc/${PACKAGE}/main.cfg
/etc/${PACKAGE}/main.cfg.dpkg-old
fi
+ else
+ mv ${MAINCONF} /etc/${PACKAGE}/main.cfg
fi
if $RET; then
mv ${SVRCONF} /etc/${PACKAGE}/server.cfg
With that change, the config files get set up correctly.
$ ls /etc/mailreader/ -l
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6236 Aug 28 21:17 main.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 582 Aug 28 21:17 server.cfg
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