Without such fixed it looks like this: dpkg: warning: qemu-guest-agent: conffile '/etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook' is not a plain file or symlink (= '/etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook')
And then leaves a dpkg-new file: ubuntu@disco:~$ ll /etc/qemu total 20 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 18 09:34 ./ drwxr-xr-x 87 root root 4096 Mar 18 09:34 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 18 09:34 fsfreeze-hook/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 19 05:43 fsfreeze-hook.d/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1274 Dec 11 17:44 fsfreeze-hook.dpkg-new* Using mv_conffile now but I'm afraid even that might not be enough, I started a discussion on IRC to poll for best practices for that specific case -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1820291 Title: fsfreeze-hook script is misplaced in qemu-guest-agent To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1820291/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs