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.

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  resolvconf should only convert /etc/resolv.conf to a symlink at
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