Hi, given the case that a conffile was moved from /etc/conffile to /etc/package/conffile. I would now like to include a transition symlink to my package.
When I go the easy way, just including the symlink in the package, debhelper does not mark the link a conffile, and every /etc/conffile that might be present on the local system gets unceremoniously overwritten during package installation, causing blatant data loss. When I flag the symlink manually as a conffile, the package in uninstallable: "dpkg: error processing $PACKAGE (--install): unable to change ownership of new dist ocnffile '/etc/conffile.dpkg-new': No such file or directory. Policy does not mention any issues with symlinks as conffiles, and I didn't find an appropriate bug filed against dpkg. What to do here? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
