Debian bug report logs - #1639 dpkg prompts needlessly about config file Package: dpkg ; Reported by: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller); Done: Ian Jackson . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Oct 11 12:46:44 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t376y-0006FOC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:46 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03823 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:46:06 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t36o8-000C0KC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:27 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 19:59 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 19:59 BST From: Ian Jackson To: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller), Debian bugs acknowledgements 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to Ian Jackson : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From tad.micro.umn.edu!rdm Wed Oct 11 07:15:12 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t31w8-000HWeC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 07:15 PDT Received: from rdm.legislate.com ([192.77.155.13]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA15682 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 07:14:49 -0700 Received: by rdm.legislate.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 10:15 EDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 10:15 EDT From: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1639 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov