Philip Tuckey writes ("deluser? (and timezone, and careless use of dpkg)"):
> [...]
> Actually, dpkg, which I had previously upgraded, also came across version
> 0.93.42.3 of itself (the new version was elsewhere) and --force-downgraded
> itself (by default),The default action if you invoke dpkg manually is not to refuse to downgrade packages. This is because I assume that the user who invokes dpkg manually just wants it to do as it is told. The various installation method scripts use --refuse-downgrade. I'm open to comment on this policy. > which caused me further consternation when it came to > configuring the unpacked packages. I figured that they had been unpacked by > the new version, so I re-upgraded it against the stringent warnings of > 50-odd unpacked but unconfigured packages, and all turned out well. At > least I think so... This should have done the right thing. Ian.
