Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:03:06PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: >> A fair number of conffiles have changed of packages. > > [...] > >> Unfortunately, I know how to avoid spurious dpkg conffiles handling >> with either of them separately, but not with both of them at once. > >> So we have to take a position on this issue. I can provide the list >> of affected packages. There is at least openssh, vim and openoffice. > > What position do you think we should take on this issue? If there's no > known solution that avoids conffile prompts with both the old and new > versions, and given that there's no good systematic way to arrange for one > version of dpkg or the other to be installed at the time of upgrade, > perhaps it's best to favor the new dpkg?
Is it possible simply to tell people "upgrade dpkg first" along with aptitude in the Sarge->Etch upgrade release notes? That would at least take care of everyone who bothers to read the instructions :-) best regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
