On 2023-06-12 18:00:58 +0100, Joe wrote: > Yes. I run a fairly customised exim4, and during one upgrade, I think > either to or from etch, I kept my configuration, and it broke the exim4 > installation. Exim4 was unconfigured, so it wouldn't run, but > dpkg-reconfigure couldn't work either. Even a purge wouldn't enable > reinstallation, and I had to resort to manually deleting files.
What files? If these are files under directories like /etc or /usr/local (where the user can put his one things), this is not normal, and I suppose that a bug should be reported. Otherwise, this is not surprising. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
