Debian Bug report logs - #23711
dpkg: should not install packages sharing a conffile

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Yann Dirson <ydirson@mygale.org>

To: Debian bug-system submission <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: dpkg: should not install packages sharing a conffile

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:45:22 +0200 (CEST)

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.22

If a package already installed, and not purged (but maybe removed)
declares "foo" as a conffile, and another package is installed, which
declares "foo" as well as a conffile, dpkg will happily proceed,
without even a warning (or I never saw it - will have to check again).

This can for example cause problems in the case of an init.d file,
where update-rc.d will then refuse to have the 1st package ever
purged.

It is not yet an important bug, as the 1st package can be kept in
"remove" state until the conflict is resolved, but it the 1st package
is a very old one, or even a 3rd-party one, we just can't ask a
maintainer to check for every possible conffile that could have ever
been installed on any Debian system.

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Message #16 received at 23711@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>

To: ydirson@alcove.fr, 23711@bugs.debian.org, 23711-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Processed: cleanup

Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:43:04 +0100

Previously Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > severity 23711 important
> Bug#23711: dpkg: should not install packages sharing a conffile
> Severity set to `important'.

I'm offline now so I can't check the BTS info, but it doesn't look
like a bug. You need to be able to install packages sharing a conffile
so you can move a conffile from one package to another.

Wichert.

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Message #24 received at 23711@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Yann Dirson <ydirson@alcove.fr>

To: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>

Cc: ydirson@alcove.fr, 23711@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Processed: cleanup

Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:55:11 +0100

On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 11:43:04PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > > severity 23711 important
> > Bug#23711: dpkg: should not install packages sharing a conffile
> > Severity set to `important'.
> 
> I'm offline now so I can't check the BTS info, but it doesn't look
> like a bug. You need to be able to install packages sharing a conffile
> so you can move a conffile from one package to another.

IIRC there is a problem in this case because when you are purging the
replaced package the conffile gets removed anyway - not 100% sure
however.

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Message #29 received at 23711@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>

To: Yann Dirson <ydirson@alcove.fr>

Cc: 23711@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Processed: cleanup

Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:19:01 +0100

Previously Yann Dirson wrote:
> IIRC there is a problem in this case because when you are purging the
> replaced package the conffile gets removed anyway - not 100% sure
> however.

No, dpkg removes it from the files-list of the other package.

Wichert.

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Message #34 received at 23711-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Yann Dirson <ydirson@alcove.fr>

To: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>

Cc: 23711-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Processed: cleanup

Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:23:10 +0100

On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:19:01PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Yann Dirson wrote:
> > IIRC there is a problem in this case because when you are purging the
> > replaced package the conffile gets removed anyway - not 100% sure
> > however.
> 
> No, dpkg removes it from the files-list of the other package.

OK, so let's close it.  If I ever have a problem again I'll reopen -
for now I just don't remember the context :(

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