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and subject line Bug#356408: dpkg: doesn't install conffiles if they have been
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X-Debbugs-CC: Jiri Palecek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.13
Severity: normal
Hello,
if I change a conffile, I am given opportunity to install
the new or leave old file when updating (or installing when
the package wasn't previously purged). However, if I delete
a conffile (eg. by accident), there are no questions and
no file is being installed, without any notice. There
should be a similar question, IMHO.
I discovered this bug when I was trying to install Oracle 10g XE
and one of the conffiles (the init script) dissapeared while
installing -- the problem here was that postinst deleted the conffiles,
I didn't purge and the install failed because of that. I know
the error was in oracle (it was converted from rpm), however,
you can never tell if some filesystem damage or other disasters
won't delete your conffiles.
Regards
Jiri Palecek
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-2) (ignored: LC_ALL set to
cs_CZ)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils [textutils] 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries an
dpkg recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
test_1-1_i386.deb
Description: Binary data
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I think it has been sufficiently proven that this is not a bug, so I
will close it. If you disagree, feel free to reopen it.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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