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 -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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