Debian bug report logs - #1482 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1482: dpkg --purge eats configuration files Reply-To: Raul Miller , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Raul Miller Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:33:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:33:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:31:34 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sxegj-0006HTC; Tue, 26 Sep 95 11:25 PDT Received: from magenta.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA00688 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 26 Sep 1995 11:24:46 -0700 Received: (moth@localhost) by magenta.com (8.6.12/8.6.4) id OAA09739; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:20:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:20:05 -0400 Message-Id: <199509261820.OAA09739@magenta.com> From: Raul Miller To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Package: dpkg Version: 0.93.77 I just switched my tgif, xpm and fvwm usage from tgifR6, xpmR6, and fvwmR6. The way I did this was: [1] dpkg -i --force-depends [new package file list] [2] dpkg -r [old package list] [3] dpkg --purge [old package list] At this point, my suspicions aroused by the messages I was getting from dpkg, I looked for some familiar configuration files -- they were missing. I recreated them by: [4] dpkg -i [new package file list] But I don't think that this is quite how the package overlaying mechanisms are supposed to work. -- Raul ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Raul Miller Subject: Bug#1482: Acknowledgement (was: dpkg --purge eats configuration files) In-Reply-To: <199509261820.OAA09739@magenta.com> References: <199509261820.OAA09739@magenta.com> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1482: dpkg --purge eats configuration files Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 19:33:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 19:33:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 19:26:50 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sxfdO-000GAjC; Tue, 26 Sep 95 12:25 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA04354 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:25:25 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sxfdK-000C0EC; Tue, 26 Sep 95 20:25 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 26 Sep 95 20:31 BST Message-Id: Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 20:31 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Raul Miller writes ("Bug#1482: dpkg --purge eats configuration files"): > I just switched my tgif, xpm and fvwm usage from tgifR6, xpmR6, and > fvwmR6. The way I did this was: > > [1] dpkg -i --force-depends [new package file list] > [2] dpkg -r [old package list] > [3] dpkg --purge [old package list] > > At this point, my suspicions aroused by the messages I was getting > >from dpkg, I looked for some familiar configuration files -- they were > missing. I recreated them by: > > [4] dpkg -i [new package file list] > > But I don't think that this is quite how the package overlaying > mechanisms are supposed to work. Umm, there is a conceptual hole here related to conffiles. I'll think about what do do about it. (The mechanism that allows a package to take over files belonging to another package doesn't work for conffiles.) Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1482: Info received (was Bug#1482: dpkg --purge eats configuration files) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1482" or "Re: Bug#1482" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. 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