On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:49:32PM -0000, Thomas Hood wrote: > > I think the long term correct solution would be > > to drop the debconf question altogether and > > adjust the package to only linkify on initial install,
> You mean that the postinst refrains from linkifying if the argument of > "configure" is non-null? In that case the postinst refrains from > linkifying in the case where the package is being installed after having > been removed; only installing after a purge counts again as an initial > install. Sounds OK. Ah, I didn't actually consider the remove-without-purge->install case. I think having install->remove->install result in /etc/resolv.conf being a file rather than a symlink is actually a pretty bad outcome. More thinking is needed here. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922677 Title: resolvconf should only convert /etc/resolv.conf to a symlink at initial installation time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/922677/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
