On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 01:58:31PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Kurt Roeckx ([email protected]) [100405 13:54]: > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 01:16:35PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > > > > 3. dpkg.cfg: > > > > > > For >= squeeze we automatically write "force-confnew" to > > > /etc/dpkg/dpkg.conf.d/force-confnew on each entering of the chroot. > > > > We really shouldn't be doing this. Instead we should fix the > > bugs. #576508 is probably part of the problem. > > I agree that 576508 is a bug, and I think I'll just fix that one for > buildd.d.o-packages now. > > However, I still think we should use force-confnew, because conffiles > shouldn't contain valuable changes in the chroots. Why do you think > it's bad to use force-confnew?
It hides bugs. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
