Debian Bug report logs - #8389
dpkg doesn't properly upgrade?

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From: "Craig Wiegert :: Let Us Now Honor Planck" <cwiegert@midway.uchicago.edu>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg doesn't properly upgrade?

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 02:03:22 -0600

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.7

Let's say I install kpathsea_2.6-2.deb and then remove
/usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.  Realizing my silly mistake, I want to
re-install the package.  So:

# dpkg --install  kpathsea_2.6-2.deb
(Reading database ... 6471 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace kpathsea 2.6-2 (using kpathsea_2.6-2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kpathsea ...
Setting up kpathsea (2.6-2) ...

# ls /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/
#

Why isn't texmf.cnf re-installed?  The same behavior occurs even if I
remove the kpathsea package (with a --force-depends because of tex
package dependencies) and then re-install.  However, if I remove the
package, then delete /var/lib/dpkg/info/kpathsea.* and then re-install,
everything is fine.

This behavior doesn't occur with other files in the kpathsea package -
so perhaps it has something to do with texmf.cnf being listed as a
conffile??  Hmmm... I just tried the same thing with mflib_1.0-8.deb and
its conffile /etc/cron.weekly/mflib, and got the same behavior.

Incidentally, the missing /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf may be the
cause of some other bugs (e.g. #7174, #6382).  I was getting the same
error messages as these two while re-installing TeX.  After doing a 
'mv /usr/lib/texmf /usr/lib/oldtexmf' I proceeded to re-install --
but forgot to re-install kpathsea, thus causing the error reported in
configuring texbin.

  - Craig

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