Andrew Howell writes ("Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d"): > Ian Jackson writes: > > Installing the new package will probably wipe out the user's > > configuration, including the syslog.conf !! > > No it doesn't it was written nicely so you get to keep your old > configs. The only thing wrong with it is what I mentioned in my bug > report.
As I wrote earlier, there is a problem in dpkg related to packages taking over each other's conffiles. I'm still considering how best to solve it, but in this case the solution (not renaming the package) is obvious. Ian.