Control: retitle -1 apache2 upgrade fails when apache2.2-common is purged in the process
On 2013-07-14 09:47:04 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > You are likely using --purge-unused something similar causing the no > longer needed package apache2.2-common to be purged. Yes, actually I marked it as purged instead of deleted from the aptitude UI. Note that "apt-get dist-upgrade --purge" has the same problem (as I can see with the -s option). > It is removed and purged very early during the upgrade. > Unfortunately this package contains your apache configuration. At > the time apache2 is upgraded, it notices there is no configuration > left and fails. The issue here is not that the upgrade fails, but > that your configuration vanishes. Papering over purged configuration > in apache2's postinst is not a solution. As a first measure don't > upgrade with --purge-unused. I am downgrading the severity, because > it only happens when you purge packages during upgrade. I now understand why some config files have disappeared. I thought that this was done on purpose since AFAIK, these were the default files. But if I understand correctly, even if the user had made changes, they would be lost, which is even worse. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
