Bug#308092: apt-get --reinstall doesn't replace missing files

Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: apt > Version: 0.5.28.6 > > On an up-to-date stock sarge system, I tried to replace the > following missing files, > > /etc/hotplug/usb/libgphoto2 > /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/libsane Those are conffiles. Conffiles are left as they are by dpkg. Nothing a

Bug#308092: apt-get --reinstall doesn't replace missing files

Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 On an up-to-date stock sarge system, I tried to replace the following missing files, /etc/hotplug/usb/libgphoto2 /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/libsane using the following commands: apt-get --reinstall install libsane apt-get --reinstall install libgphoto2-2 The respective