Marcus Better wrote: >> Also, the upgrade path would still be broken. >> > > I fail to see the problem, could you detail it a bit? > This is what happens:
First, install from Lenny: # apt-get install solr-tomcat5.5/stable # ls -l /etc/tomcat5.5/policy.d/05solr.policy* /etc/solr/tomcat.policy -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1211 2008-04-26 21:23 /etc/solr/tomcat.policy lrwxrwxrwx 1 tomcat55 adm 24 2009-02-23 10:42 /etc/tomcat5.5/policy.d/05solr.policy -> ../../solr/tomcat.policy Then update to the version without the symlink: # apt-get install solr-tomcat5.5=1.2.0+ds2-5~pre2 solr-common=1.2.0+ds2-5~pre2 # ls -l /etc/tomcat5.5/policy.d/05solr.policy* /etc/solr/tomcat.policy -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1211 2008-04-26 21:23 /etc/solr/tomcat.policy lrwxrwxrwx 1 tomcat55 adm 24 2009-02-23 10:42 /etc/tomcat5.5/policy.d/05solr.policy -> ../../solr/tomcat.policy -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1211 2009-02-22 19:58 /etc/tomcat5.5/policy.d/05solr.policy.dpkg-new What I *think* happens is that dpkg considers everything under /etc as conffiles, and won't overwrite them. -- Jan-Pascal van Best [email protected], [email protected] http://www.vanbest.org/janpascal/ GPG key fingerprint 4617 E5FB C56D ACB6 7C8C DE64 3A4C B270 1A89 CC23
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