Hello,
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 12:12:29AM +0200, Jiří Paleček wrote:
>
> I thought a different situation - when the conffile is deleted, but
> the maintainer hasn't shipped a newer version. This is counterintuitive
> especially if you have not deleted the file yourself, and are installing
> the same version of the package (maybe after it was removed, but not
> purged). It could be fixed by adding some notice to that situation
> and an option to install conffiles regardles of their status
> (or whatever...).
Then I don't understand your request. Is it one of these:
You removed a conffile (not intentionnaly; e.g. because of a disk issue)
1. You update the package (which comes with the same conffile) and wants
to be notified that the conffile was removed.
2. You update the package (which comes with a new version of the
conffile) and wants to be notified that the conffile was removed.
3. You noticed that you removed the conffile, and want an option to force
its installation.
As explained by Raphaël Hertzog, 1. is a feature, and there is no way to
differentiate an intentional removal from a unintentional one.
2. is the current behavior. (This is also the same behavior as when a
conffile is modified.
3. is provided by the --force-confmiss option
Kind Regards,
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Nekral
