From b4655899ebf373a1f531f96a3954d1ba6c17e5d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cjwatson <> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:37:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Moving conffiles between packages, redux --- debian/2006-12-23-moving-conffiles.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/2006-12-23-moving-conffiles.txt diff --git a/debian/2006-12-23-moving-conffiles.txt b/debian/2006-12-23-moving-conffiles.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..084d4659 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/2006-12-23-moving-conffiles.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Moving conffiles between packages, redux + +I spent far too much of today cleaning up an upgrade bug to do with +conffiles, which I suspect also affects other packages that have attempted +to work around dpkg conffile prompts when moving conffiles between packages. +If you maintain such a package, please review your code to make sure that it +works properly when upgrading both with sarge's dpkg and with etch's dpkg. +See my +debian-devel post for a full description. -- 2.30.2