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and subject line re: dh_installcatalogs: "catalog is now a conffile prompt" if
the old (pre-conffile) package was removed, but not purged
has caused the Debian Bug report #681194,
regarding dh_installcatalogs: "catalog is now a conffile prompt" if the old
(pre-conffile) package was removed, but not purged
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Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20120608
Severity: serious
Hi,
the preinst snippet created by dh_installcatalogs does not handle
upgrading from a previously removed package, so dpkg shows you the
"foo.cat File on system created by you or by a script." prompt.
The preinst contains
if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ] && ! dpkg-query -S /etc/sgml/jade.cat >/dev/null
2>&1; then
which handles regular upgrades, but the preinst will be called
<new-preinst> install <old-version>
if the package is in "configuration files only" state
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase
Setting the severity to serious as this breaks certain upgrade paths.
All packages using dh_installcatalogs will need to be rebuilt to get
this fixed.
I'm attaching an example piuparts upgrade log from jade.
[there was a successful apt-get install jade, followed by apt-get remove jade]
Selecting previously unselected package jade.
(Reading database ... 8092 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking jade (from .../jade_1.2.1-47.1+b1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for sgml-base ...
Updating the super catalog...
Setting up jade (1.2.1-47.1+b1) ...
Configuration file `/etc/sgml/jade.cat'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** jade.cat (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing jade
(--configure):
EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
Errors were encountered while processing:
jade
Andreas
jade_1.2.1-47.1+b1.log.gz
Description: GNU Zip compressed data
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version: 9.20120830
Re-closing since the issue is being specifically handled in the one
problematic package.
Best wishes,
Mike
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