#264790 dpkg: Conffiles that vanish across an upgrade can fool dpkg

Package:
dpkg
Source:
dpkg
Description:
Debian package management system
Submitter:
Christian Marillat
Date:
2015-03-29 01:30:08 UTC
Severity:
normal
#264790#5
Date:
2004-08-10 12:05:55 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Please remove these files in /etc/gconf/schemas

Christian
#264790#10
Date:
2005-01-25 15:59:58 UTC
From:
To:
Current gnome-vfs versions don't have schema files in /etc/gconf/schemas
anymore..

  Sjoerd
#264790#15
Date:
2005-01-25 21:36:57 UTC
From:
To:
reopen 264790
thanks

owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:

[...]

I'm sorry but no. vfs packges doesn't remove schemas files in /etc/gconf
Please read again my bug report and the subject of this e-mail (schemas
files in /etc/gconf/schemas should be removed)

Christian

$ dlocate vfs | grep schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_dns_sd.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas
libgnomevfs2-common: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas


$ locate desktop_default_applications.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_default_applications.schemas

$ locate desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_url_handlers.schemas

$ locate system_http_proxy.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_http_proxy.schemas

$ locate system_smb.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/system_smb.schemas
#264790#24
Date:
2005-01-26 00:01:42 UTC
From:
To:
And here comes the close/reopen fight specialist...

Le mardi 25 janvier 2005 à 22:36 +0100, Christian Marillat a écrit :

So what? These files are not removed by dpkg, because there can be local
modifications that should still be available to the administrator. This
is not a problem with gnomeVFS or GConf; things are like this for every
Debian package.
#264790#29
Date:
2005-01-26 05:44:32 UTC
From:
To:
Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:

Then don't close a bug, when this bug isn't fixed.

Christian
#264790#34
Date:
2005-01-28 15:27:35 UTC
From:
To:
Le mercredi 26 janvier 2005 à 06:44 +0100, Christian Marillat a écrit :

You are probably not the right person to say things like this.

For the case we're talking about, there is no bug in
libgnomevfs2-common, full stop. If you want to see a change in the
behavior of dpkg, please bring this to the -devel or -policy lists.
#264790#39
Date:
2005-01-28 16:18:00 UTC
From:
To:
reopen 264790
thanks

owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:

[...]

LOL. Another one ?

No, this bug has nothing to do with policy or dpkg

May be you need to learn how md5sum works ? Then collect the md5sum
for schemas files in /etc/gconf/schemas for each packages and then check
if these file are changed or not and remove files who have the same md5sum.

It is too hard ?

Christian
#264790#46
Date:
2005-01-28 17:37:46 UTC
From:
To:
tag 264790 - wontfix
reassign 264790 dpkg
merge 264790 182021
thanks

Le vendredi 28 janvier 2005 à 17:18 +0100, Christian Marillat a écrit :

Have you ever read the mail you're replying too? This is a case for
dpkg, and it was even already reported twice. Did it need all of these
duplicate bug reports?