On 2013-03-03 02:04, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 03:57:50PM +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: >> Dear maintainer, >> >> I've prepared an NMU for syslog-ng (versioned as 3.3.6-1.1) and >> uploaded it to DELAYED/4. Please feel free to tell me if I >> should delay it longer. > > Note: this patch does seem to trigger a dpkg prompt about a changed > config file (since the preinst removes the symlinks). Without the > preinst doing that, however, the new files don't get installed at > all. > > At this point I'm not inclined to cancel the NMU, as it's an > improvement over what we currently have, but I would welcome advice > on whether it's possible to avoid the dpkg prompt in this edge case.
I see three possibilities: * install the new conffiles with a new name * preinst: remove the symlink and create a file that matches dpkg's expected md5sum - which probably means querying for the expected md5 and embedding several old copies in the preinst script to allow smooth upgrades * manage the configuration file with ucf I'd prefer the second. It has the most work to do now, but it's a temporary fix, i.e. it can be removed again for jessie or jessie+1. Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
