On 27 Jan 2002, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> Actually I have come to the conclusion that you're probably
> encountering a dpkg bug. If I install package N over package O and N
> replaces some files of O, these files should be removed from O's list
> of files. That should be true even for conffiles and when O is in the
> 'conffiles' state (removed-not-purged).
>
> Could you check what /var/lib/dpkg/info/webmin.{list,conffiles}
> contains after webmin-ssl has been installed over webmin? Neither
> files should have one of the replaced files in them.
>
>
Here is what I get after installing webmin, then webmin-ssl (Both
provide, conflict, and replace each other.):
$ dpkg -l | grep webmin
ic webmin 0.92-1 Web-based administration toolkit
ii webmin-core 0.92-1 core modules for webmin
ii webmin-ssl 0.92-2 Web-based administration toolkit
/var/lib/dpkg/info/webmin.list exists but it is 0 length.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/webmin.conffiles does not exist.
Ahh but this is interesting, /var/lib/dpkg/info/webmin.postrm still
exists. Why is that? It would certainly explain why purging webmin blew
away webmin-ssl's conffiles.
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