On 2014-09-23 15:06:08 +0200, Arno Töll wrote: > On 23.09.2014 15:01, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > 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! > > This is a change like the ones which happen every day in Debian during > an update. It's not "newsworthy" I think.
Well, I disagree. I often upgrade my machines, often see changes, but these are rather internal changes. > > 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). > > You're looking for --force-confold. See > http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/ > for all details. No, --force-confold does something different: it keeps the old conffile only when it has been *modified* by the user. And it doesn't prompt. It does not seem to be possible to have: If the version of a conffile in the package did change, always prompt (even if the user did *not* modify the conffile). -- 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