On 2014-09-23 14:43:49 +0200, Arno Töll wrote: > We install this file through dh_installlogrotate and it is listed as a > conffile in the binary package of apache2. That means, it will be > handled like any other configuration file in Debian with special care > and it won't overwrite changes YOU made.
OK, but then, is there any reason not to announce it in the NEWS file? This is a significant configuration change! > However, the Debian default is to overwrite configuration changes when > the file was untouched by the user, and this is a policy compliant > behavior. If you dislike this behavior, you can hint dpkg to whatever > you prefer - it's not a bug in the package though. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be possible to hint dpkg: according to the dpkg(1) man page, all the conffile related options are in the case "If a conffile is missing" or "If a conffile has been modified" (while here it exists, but was not modified because the default was OK). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://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