* Paul Gear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Johannes Graumann wrote: > > Package: shorewall > > Version: 3.0.4-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > The recent update to a3.0.4-1 presents the problem of installing a new > > /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf file without making the admin aware of > > customization > > being lost as is usually done (debconf issue - I guess). > > If there were no customisations to shorewall.conf, the debconf prompt > would never appear. Whenever debconf asks about overwriting a file, it > should be the system administrator's assumption that there are > customisations. I can't see how this is a bug.
Files installed by the package under /etc/ are trated as conffiles by dpkg automatically. On a package upgrade dpkg prompts you before overwriting conffile only if you have customized them; if no local customization has been made dpkg will silently replace them all. -- lorenzo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
