2012/2/7 Sam Morris <s...@robots.org.uk>: > The version check is just there so that the code for removing/renaming a > conffile is only run once.
So I still don't understand it very well how it works. I uninstall all libogre-*, then remove /etc/OGRE*, as if nothing was ever installed. Then I install -3, and: ------------------------------ # find /etc/OGRE* -type f; echo; tail -n 100 /etc/OGRE*/* /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg # /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg - ogre plugins installed on Debian systems # # Warning: this file is autogenerated but anything between this line and # the line saying "-*- ogre-plugins -*-" will be copied as-is on updates. PluginFolder=/usr/lib/OGRE # default plugins installed with the libogremain package. Plugin=Plugin_BSPSceneManager.so Plugin=Plugin_OctreeSceneManager.so Plugin=Plugin_OctreeZone.so Plugin=Plugin_ParticleFX.so Plugin=RenderSystem_GL.so Plugin=Plugin_PCZSceneManager.so # Don't edit anything starting from next line; it was autogenerated. # -*- ogre-plugins -*- [Please, don't remove or modify this marker] ------------------------------ When I then upgrade to -6, the current in unstable and without config file, that's what happens: ------------------------------ Preparing to replace libogre-1.7.3 1.7.3-3 (using .../libogre-1.7.3_1.7.3-6_amd64.deb) ... Moving obsolete conffile /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg out of the way... Unpacking replacement libogre-1.7.3 ... dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/OGRE': Directory not empty Processing triggers for man-db ... (Reading database ... 111898 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libboost-thread1.46.1 ... Purging configuration files for libboost-thread1.46.1 ... Setting up libogre-1.7.3 (1.7.3-6) ... ------------------------------ Now the config files are (notice that it's been renamed to ".dpkg-remove", but not removed (probably because of the missing .postrm counterpart): ------------------------------ # find /etc/OGRE* -type f; echo; tail -n 100 /etc/OGRE*/* /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg.dpkg-remove # /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg - ogre plugins installed on Debian systems # [... same content as the previous one ...] ------------------------------ Now, if I install 1.7.4-1, since it doesn't conflict with any other version of the library (I removed Breaks/Replaces, since it's an undesired feature, and if the files are not installed in the same path is not a problem), it cannot go wild and remove other binary package's config files. For one, the libogre-1.7.3 can continue to be installed when 1.7.4 is installed, 1.7.4 shouldn't remove it. And I don't know if because of this reason or because of the package name changed, when libogre-1.7.4 is removed but .3-3 (one of the versions still shipping /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg) still installed, the file continues there. When I remove .3-3, the /etc/OGRE/plugins.cfg (unmodified) goes away. So I'm starting to get out of ideas about how to solve this. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
