On 2011-08-21 11:04 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> The problem is that the hardlinking code is not aware that the target
> file is still in .dpkg-new and not yet in its final location. This is
> because conffile are not processed like normal files and thus do not
> inherit the usual fnnf_deferred_rename flag.
>
> The attached patch should tell dpkg to also use .dpkg-new for conffiles.
> Not tested but it should be ok. Tell me if it works for you (not taking
> the time to do it myself, since I'm in vacation).
Works perfectly, thanks.
> Can you also turn your testcase in a patch against pkg-tests.git?
Once I have acquainted myself with the testsuite, probably yes. Might
take a few days, I have other things to to as well.
Cheers,
Sven
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