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and subject line Re: Bug#1100398: apt: Reinstall does not reinstall all files
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regarding apt: Reinstall does not reinstall all files
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Package: apt
Version: 2.9.33
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: sidto...@gmail.com
I've modified "/etc/logrotate.d/apt" few months ago. I wanted to restore the
original with "apt reinstall apt", but nothing happens even after removing
"/etc/logrotate.d/apt". Original "/etc/logrotate.d/apt" is not getting
installed in "/etc/logrotate.d/".
Relevant debug logs:
--------------------
Setting up apt (2.9.33) ...
D020000: trigproc_activate_packageprocessing pkg=apt:amd64
D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles
D000020: conffderef in='/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove'
result='/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove'
D000020: deferred_configure '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove' (=
'/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove') useredited=-1 distedited=-1 what=2
D000020: conffderef in='/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat'
result='/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat'
D000020: deferred_configure '/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat' (=
'/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat') useredited=-1 distedited=-1 what=2
D000020: deferred_configure '/etc/logrotate.d/apt' (= '/etc/logrotate.d/apt')
useredited=1 distedited=0 what=202
D000001: dpkg_db_reopen: unchanged /var/lib/dpkg/diversions, skipping
D020000: post_postinst_tasks - trig_incorporate
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> libc6
D000400: checking non-provided pkg libc6:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> libc6
D000400: checking non-provided pkg libc6:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D020000: check_triggers_cycle pnow=libc-bin:amd64 first
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.41-4) ...
D000001: dpkg_db_reopen: unchanged /var/lib/dpkg/diversions, skipping
D020000: post_postinst_tasks - trig_incorporate
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> bsdextrautils
D000400: checking non-provided pkg bsdextrautils:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> groff-base
D000400: checking non-provided pkg groff-base:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> debconf
D000400: checking non-provided pkg debconf:all
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> libc6
D000400: checking non-provided pkg libc6:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> libgdbm6t64
D000400: checking non-provided pkg libgdbm6t64:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> libpipeline1
D000400: checking non-provided pkg libpipeline1:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> libseccomp2
D000400: checking non-provided pkg libseccomp2:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> zlib1g
D000400: checking non-provided pkg zlib1g:amd64
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D020000: tortoise_in_hare pnow=man-db tortoise=man-db
D020000: tortoise_in_hare pnow=man-db tortoise=man-db
tortoisetrig=/usr/share/man
D040000: tortoise_in_hare pnow=man-db tortoise=man-db
tortoisetrig=/usr/share/man haretrig=/usr/share/man
D020000: tortoise_in_hare pnow=man-db tortoise=libc-bin
D020000: tortoise_in_hare pnow=man-db tortoise=libc-bin tortoisetrig=ldconfig
D020000: tortoise_in_hare pnow=man-db tortoise=libc-bin OK
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.0-1) ...
D000001: dpkg_db_reopen: unchanged /var/lib/dpkg/diversions, skipping
D020000: post_postinst_tasks - trig_incorporate
-- Package-specific info:
-- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --
-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt-listbugs present, but not submitted) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1,
'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.145
ii base-passwd 3.6.6
ii debian-archive-keyring 2023.4
ii libapt-pkg7.0 2.9.33
ii libc6 2.41-4
ii libgcc-s1 14.2.0-17
ii libseccomp2 2.5.5-2+b1
ii libssl3t64 3.4.1-1
ii libstdc++6 14.2.0-17
ii libsystemd0 257.4-1
ii sqv 1.2.1-6+b1
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20241223
Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii apt-doc 2.9.33
ii aptitude 0.8.13-7
ii dpkg-dev 1.22.18
ii gnupg 2.4.7-4
ii gnupg2 2.4.7-4
ii powermgmt-base 1.38
ii synaptic 0.91.5+nmu2
ii wajig 4.1.3
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Am Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:17:15AM +0000, schrieb sidt:
> I've modified "/etc/logrotate.d/apt" few months ago. I wanted to restore the
> original with "apt reinstall apt", but nothing happens even after removing
> "/etc/logrotate.d/apt". Original "/etc/logrotate.d/apt" is not getting
> installed in "/etc/logrotate.d/".
Removing a conf file is (or at least can be) a valid configuration
choice that is preserved by dpkg and has nothing to do with the
individual packages or apt as the used front end.
'apt reinstall' is a rather useless command which is why I was against
adding it (it used to be a flag for install), but people asked for it…
(It isn't completely useless… it just doesn't do what you think it does.
It reinstalls the package, aka reinstalls the files, it does not, what
you thought it would, override your configuration choices and resets
it to the "default" as conffiles are special).
Look for 'confmiss' and/or 'confask' in the dpkg man page if you want to
deal with this with dpkg. With some care you can instruct apt to pass
your chosen options to dpkg, although that might conflict with other
options you might have set, so I don't give a copy-paste suggestion
here. User support channels can help you in this regard.
In most cases, it is probably easier to just 'apt purge' the package
(which removes also the conf files) and 'apt install' it again after
that (of course, that works for leaf packages only… you can't really
purge apt and expect it to install itself afterwards).
In any case, its not a bug that reinstall works this way, so I am
closing this report as not-a-bug.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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