Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > 2) Some years ago a user successfully argued that if a local admin
> > removed a conffile from /etc that dpkg should not install it back on
> > an upgrade. I completely disagree. But that caused a behavior change
> > in dpkg and a new option.
>
> It seems obvious to me that removing a conffile should be viewed as
> a syadmin change in configuration, and such should produce the same
> upgrade-time prompts tht result from any change. The sysadmin would
> be provided with the choice to install the package's version, keep
> the existing state, use diff3, launch into an investigation, etc.

Be that as it may it creates a pitfall that local admins fall into
where a conffile is accidentally removed and then "nothing they do"
brings it back. They need the --force-confmiss option but do not know
it.

Bob