fredagen den 10 januari 2003 20.06 skrev Stephen Gran: > I've seen this behavior occasionally on some of my boxes, and I wonder > if the problem is that the newer version of a pckage has a conffile that > the older version doesn't have. Hmmm . . not very clear. Like this: > > package-foo_1.2 conffiles: file1 > file2 > > package-foo_2.0 conffiles: file1 > file2 > file3 > > Does dpkg interpret the (missing) state of file3 as appropriate? I > haven't had the chance to investigate. I would think that the intended > behavior is no, but I've seen this come up on various lists and here, so > I wonder.
I just got a report of a file in etc missing in one of my packages. It was a mistake, and I put it in. Installing it, replacing the old package, installed the file, so I think that answers that question. If a new file comes as a conffile, that was not in the previous version of the same package, it gets installed. Still I don't understand the circumstances for which a file is not installed, when upgrading. It should not happen, but it does occasionally. The new KDE, when it goes to SID, will have a potential to get this error since it has a very essential file in /etc. Let's see if anyone will get this problem when upgrading. If not, it is a very rare thing. Karolina -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
