Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: >>> What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still >>> complain? >> >>Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recov

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: >>> What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still >>> complain? >> >>Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error reco

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-20 Thread Colin Watson
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: >> What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still >> complain? > >Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move >it back should the install fail),

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-20 Thread Colin Watson
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: >> What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still >> complain? > >Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move >it back should the install fail)

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still > complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg will not complain. -- "One disk to rule them al

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:28:27PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/fileru

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:54:25 +0100 Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is > /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is > installed, dpkg gives an error message, and

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > Hi, > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is > /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when i

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still > complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg will not complain. -- "One disk to rule them a

removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message,

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:28:27PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filer

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:54:25 +0100 Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is > installed, dpkg gives an error message, and th

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > Hi, > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when ins

removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message,