Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.22 If a package already installed, and not purged (but maybe removed) declares "foo" as a conffile, and another package is installed, which declares "foo" as well as a conffile, dpkg will happily proceed, without even a warning (or I never saw it - will have to check again).
This can for example cause problems in the case of an init.d file, where update-rc.d will then refuse to have the 1st package ever purged. It is not yet an important bug, as the 1st package can be kept in "remove" state until the conflict is resolved, but it the 1st package is a very old one, or even a 3rd-party one, we just can't ask a maintainer to check for every possible conffile that could have ever been installed on any Debian system. -- Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Stop making M$-Bill richer & richer, isp-email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | support Debian GNU/Linux: debian-email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | more powerful, more stable ! http://www.mygale.org/~ydirson/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
