Debian bug report logs - #1639
dpkg prompts needlessly about config file

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From: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Bug#1639: dpkg prompts needlessly about config file

Raul Miller writes ("Bug#1639: dpkg prompts needlessly about config file"):
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.0.3
> 
> I'm being prompted about a changed configuration file that's not really
> changed:
> 
> Configuration file `/etc/host.conf'
>  ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
>  ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
>    What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
>     Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
>     N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
>       Z     : background this process to examine the situation
>  The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** host.conf (Y/I/N/O/Z) [default=N] ?
> 
> bash$ diff /etc/host.conf*
> bash$ diff /etc/host.conf /etc/host.conf.dpkg-new
> bash$ ls -l /etc/host.conf*
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root           26 Aug  4 15:17 /etc/host.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root           26 Dec 31  1969 /etc/host.conf.dpkg-new
> bash$

Ah.  host.conf has just been registered as a conffile by whatever it
was you were installing, which caused dpkg to prompt regardless.  This
is a bug, and I think I've got the right fix.  This will be in 1.0.4.

Thanks,
Ian.

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From: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller)
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Subject: dpkg prompts needlessly about config file

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.0.3

I'm being prompted about a changed configuration file that's not really
changed:


Configuration file `/etc/host.conf'
 ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
 ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      Z     : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** host.conf (Y/I/N/O/Z) [default=N] ?  

bash$ diff /etc/host.conf*
bash$ diff /etc/host.conf /etc/host.conf.dpkg-new
bash$ ls -l /etc/host.conf*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           26 Aug  4 15:17 /etc/host.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           26 Dec 31  1969 /etc/host.conf.dpkg-new
bash$ 

-- 
Raul