Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.2 Severity: wishlist When dpkg encounters a package's installed file that has been modified by the user, it doesn't by default replace it with a new version. Instead, it just leaves the file there and skips the new version's file.
This is a prime source of system-breakage. For instance, I've had X become broken twice in the last year when dpkg didn't replace an old .so driver file for my video card on upgrade, and have had it happen in other cases as well. While I think it's a good thing for dpkg to be conservative and keep the 3rd-party file, I think that we could solve the system-breakage problem by giving a warning during dpkg's install/uninstall process when a 3rd-party file is not removed/replaced. If I had seen such a warning during my last upgrades, I would have been saved from a lot of ugly debugging. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux cheeseskin 2.4.18-k7 #1 Sun Apr 14 13:19:11 EST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.2 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.2.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
