Bug#356408: dpkg: doesn't install conffiles if they have been deleted

[Jiří Paleček]

X-Debbugs-CC: Jiri Palecek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.13
Severity: normal

Hello,

if I change a conffile, I am given opportunity to install
the new or leave old file when updating (or installing when
the package wasn't previously purged). However, if I delete
a conffile (eg. by accident), there are no questions and
no file is being installed, without any notice. There
should be a similar question, IMHO.

I discovered this bug when I was trying to install Oracle 10g XE
and one of the conffiles (the init script) dissapeared while
installing -- the problem here was that postinst deleted the conffiles,
I didn't purge and the install failed because of that. I know
the error was in oracle (it was converted from rpm), however,
you can never tell if some filesystem damage or other disasters
won't delete your conffiles.

Regards
   Jiri Palecek


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
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Kernel: Linux 2.6.15


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