On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 10:34 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:

> Raphael Wegmann wrote:
> > When I remove /etc/init.d/halt and /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
> > before I call "apt-get --reinstall install initscripts",
> > the files halt and bootmisc.sh do not get restored.
> 
> This is a bug^Wfeature of dpkg.
> 
> To restore conffiles that have been deleted you have to purge
> the package before reinstalling it.
> 
Or use --force-confmiss when you reinstall.

Scott
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