Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > Now, upon upgrade, debconf informed me that the file from the new > > > package differs from the existing file "created by you or a script", > > > as usual. What I think it should have done is either parse the old > > > file and put the data in the new one (at a first glance, the file > > > format seemed very different, however upon closer inspection it was > > > only the order and the comments that have changed, not the syntax), or > > > rather call again the script that originally created that file. > > This has nothing to do with debconf, is regular dpkg conffile handling,
Yes, I mixed this up. > and is not a bug. Hm, why not? It messed up my network configuration, which I wouldn't expect if I upgrade potato to a _stable_ woody. Of course, I don't complain now. But how will that be handled in the future? TIA, Frank
