On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:57:05 +0000, Chris Butler wrote: > > > > Configuration file `/etc/cron.weekly/sendfile' > > > > ==> File on system created by you or by a script. > > > > ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. > > This is probably (related to) #553563, fixed since 2.1b.20080616-2.1. > Yes, the issue is that when /etc/cron.weekly/sendfile becomes a conffile, > dpkg assumes that the file from the previous version of the package was put > there manually.
Right. > A patch implementing one possible fix is attached: if > /etc/cron.weekly/sendfile is present and its md5sum matches that of the > original file from 2.1b.20080616-2, then remove it in preinst. dpkg is then > happy to install the new version without prompting. Oh, that looks nice! Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Dido: Thank You (Live acoustic)
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