dpkg should warn when removed conffile is not reinstalled
Bug #622885 reported by
Clint Byrum
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dpkg (Debian) |
New
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Unknown
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| dpkg (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: dpkg
This bug report demonstrates the confusion that occurs when a user has deleted or modified their config files in a way that breaks the maintainer scripts:
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In this case, apache2 can't be restarted, causing what looks like a really big error.
If any errors occur during maintainer scripts, a simple check would be berformed to see if conffiles have been changed, and if so, prompt the user to see the changes, and / or revert them (even if the conffiles in the new package haven't changed.)
Revision history for this message
| Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- users should be warned that they have locally changed conffiles when - maintainer scirpts fail + dpkg should warn when removed conffile is not reinstalled |
| Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
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As noted in the other bug, perhaps a nice bit of verbosity on dpkg's part would curb a lot of these "I deleted everything, but it didn't come back, I don't understand" issues.
Something like, as we encounter deleted conffiles, printing:
"Not reinstating deleted conffile /path/to/file because --force-conf-miss not used" or something like that.
Yeah, it would be a bit chatty, but most people wouldn't see it all that often, and the people who do things like "rm -rf /etc/apache2 && apt-get --reinstall install apache2\*" might see it flash by enough times to understand what's going on?