On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:49:59 -0400, Chris Knadle <chris.kna...@coredump.us> wrote: >On Friday, June 14, 2013 02:31:45, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:42:15 -0400, Chris Knadle >> <chris.kna...@coredump.us> wrote: >> >So right now I think that I probably just didn't know that this had been >> >fixed, because I haven't been using the "split file" configuration for >> >along time. I clearly remember having _upgrade_ problems in 2003 with >> >Exim on Debian Testing, but I might be confusing the root cause of those >> >problems at that time; there are occasional required configuration >> >changes, and that's another possible cause. > >I should explain the above a bit further; when using the "split file" >configuration and choosing "N" to certain config file updates, that leaves >behind several .dpkg-dist config files.
And if you choose "Y", .dpkg-old config files are left. That's basic dpkg functionality, and it has always been the case that files that don't match the [-a-z0-9] rule are ignored. .dpkg-foo files have a period and get ignored. See run-parts(8) Grüße Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1unk3x-0001da...@swivel.zugschlus.de
