On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:06:29PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > > > Package: apt > > Version: 0.5.3 > > Severity: normal > > > > If a packages fails to install, and apt stops while a package has left a > > .dpkg-new file in apt.conf.d, both files (old and new) are taken into > > account in the next run. This may not be critical for apt-listchanges, but > > who knows what can be placed there at some time. > > > > Also, I suspect .dpkg-old and .dpkg-dist may lurk there and cause the same > > problem. > > Here is a patch. I still say that apt should ignore everything by default, > and only accept filenames matching a certain pattern.
You are suggesting that apt try to use a config fragment from a package that is not fully installed at configured? Jason, I suggest you close this bug, without accepting this patch.
