There is nothing we can do to control whether the user is prompted or not.
In this case, the reason you were prompted (despite not having manually altered the file) is probably because the file in question was accidentally dropped from the packages some time ago, and only re-added with the last upload. Thus the conffile updating mechanisms had no record of an original file to compare against the new one, and therefore no way to determine whether or not you'd updated the file manually, so it erred on the side of caution and prompted you before replacing it. In short, it was not a bug, but a sign of a bug being fixed. It shouldn't happen again. Cheers, Christopher Martin On Friday 19 May 2006 09:33, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Package: kdebase-bin > Version: 3.5.2-2+b1 > Severity: important > File: /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver > > I didn't make this change, so I should not be prompted about it. I > couldn't reproduce it, though, so I'm not filing it as bug.. > > Preparing to replace kdebase-bin 4:3.5.2-1 (using > .../kdebase-bin_4%3a3.5.2-2+b1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement kdebase-bin ... > > [...] > > Setting up kdebase-bin (3.5.2-2+b1) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/pam.d/kcheckpass ... > > Configuration file `/etc/pam.d/kscreensaver' > ==> File on system created by you or by a script. > ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. > What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > D : show the differences between the versions > Z : background this process to examine the situation > The default action is to keep your current version. > *** kscreensaver (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? D > > --- /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver 2004-04-11 14:46:01.000000000 -0400 > +++ /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver.dpkg-new 2006-05-06 21:18:35.000000000 > -0400 @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ > # > # /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver - specify the PAM behaviour of > kscreensaver # > - > -# The standard Unix authentication modules, used with > -# NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and > -# /etc/shadow entries. > @include common-auth > @include common-account > @include common-password
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