Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.0 Severity: normal
This is the case: ---------------------------------- Package B depends on package A and package B does a diversion (in preinst with --rename) of a conffile in package A and installs a file on the orginal location. We're going to install package B. The resulting issue: ---------------------------------- It turns out that the original conffile of package A isn't renamed. In contrast to that, ordinary files WILL be. The cause: ---------------------------------- During the install process (after unpack), conffiles have temporarily a ".dpkg-new" suffix. If, on that particular moment, a preinst from a different package tries to divert (and rename) a conffile, it cannot rename the file, because it cannot find it on the original location (without .dpkg-new). Tested on: ---------------------------------- Lenny with dpkg 1.15.0 (git HEAD of 2008-07-24). Test packages: ---------------------------------- I've attached test packages that demonstrate the issue. test-pkg-a (package A) and test-pkg-b (package B). Test output: ---------------------------------- In the demonstration test-pkg-b diverts /etc/test-pkg-a/config-file and /usr/share/test-pkg-a/ordinary-file of test-pkg-a. # apt-get install test-pkg-b Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: test-pkg-a The following NEW packages will be installed: test-pkg-a test-pkg-b 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 3072B of archives. After this operation, 135kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://packages.xx.xxxx.xx lenny/main test-pkg-a 0.1 [1314B] Get:2 http://packages.xx.xxxx.xx lenny/main test-pkg-b 0.1 [1758B] Fetched 3072B in 0s (0B/s) Selecting previously deselected package test-pkg-a. (Reading database ... 17350 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking test-pkg-a (from .../test-pkg-a_0.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package test-pkg-b. Unpacking test-pkg-b (from .../test-pkg-b_0.1_all.deb) ... Adding `diversion of /etc/test-pkg-a/config-file to /etc/test-pkg-a/config-file.diverted by test-pkg-b' Adding `diversion of /usr/share/test-pkg-a/ordinary-file to /usr/share/test-pkg-a/ordinary-file.diverted by test-pkg-b' Setting up test-pkg-a (0.1) ... Setting up test-pkg-b (0.1) ... # ls -l /usr/share/test-pkg-a total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 2008-07-24 14:25 another-file -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 2008-07-24 15:01 ordinary-file -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 2008-07-24 14:24 ordinary-file.diverted # ls -l /usr/share/test-pkg-b total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 2008-07-24 15:09 another-file # ls -l /etc/test-pkg-a/ total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 2008-07-24 15:01 config-file # As you see, ordinary-file is renamed, config-file is not. ---------------------------------- I know diverting of conffiles isn't a supported feature by Debian, but it would be great if this issue would be fixed though. Durk -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 6.10-6 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.14+b1 Advanced front-end for dpkg pn lzma <none> (no description available) -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
