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and subject line Re: this bug/dpkg should pass -N to diff
has caused the Debian Bug report #140222,
regarding dpkg should pass -N to diff
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.9.20
Severity: important
Here is what happened - there seem to be no such conffile before upgrade,
this is badly handled by dpkg.
Setting up giram (0.1.12-1) ...
Configuration file /etc/giram/0.1/giramrc'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** giramrc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d
diff: /etc/giram/0.1/giramrc: No such file or directory
Configuration file /etc/giram/0.1/giramrc'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** giramrc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? i
dpkg: giram: warning - failed to link /etc/giram/0.1/giramrc' to
/etc/giram/0.1/giramrc.dpkg-old': No such file or directory
Installing new version of config file /etc/giram/0.1/giramrc ...
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux bylbo 2.4.17-smp+evms+kdb #1 SMP mer mar 27 00:23:14 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=français, LC_CTYPE=français
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-6 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-5 The GNU stdc++ library
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Version: 1.13.15
On Sat, 01 Jul 2006, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 09:28:22AM -0400, pryzbyj wrote:
> > Hello Yann,
> >
> > This bug seems to be fixed, or otherwise not reproducible with current
> > dpkg.
> >
> > sprintf(cmdbuf, DIFF " -Nu %.250s %.250s | %.250s", old, new, p);
> > ^^
> > It already uses diff -N, and I can confirm that reinstalling a package
> > whose conffile is removed causes no error.
> >
> > Also, it looks like this was for a fresh installation (perhaps from
> > Config-files); not an upgrade. Otherwise dpkg will (deliberately)
> > ignore a missing conffile (unless --force-confmiss).
Ok, closing the bug since it's already fixed.
Cheers,
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