Debian Bug report logs - #192043
dpkg: Please add "overwrite all" and "overwrite all under subtree" replies to modified conffile options

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Message #5 received at maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andras Korn <korn-debbugs@chardonnay.math.bme.hu>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <maintonly@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Please add "overwrite all" and "overwrite all under subtree" replies to modified conffile options

Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 21:31:16 +0200

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.10
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

when a package has a huge number of conffiles that change during an upgrade
(e.g. the /etc/X11 subtree), it's annoying to have to press "y" for each
file to overwrite (or "n", for that matter). (I don't know why dpkg picks
them up as modified, as I certainly didn't touch them, but I could have, so
the report is still valid.)

It would be nice to have an option to overwrite all modified conffiles for
this package, or this subtree, or this session (and, likewise, to never
overwrite conffiles for this package, subtree or session).

Andrew

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux chardonnay 2.4.20-wolk4.0s-rc3-chardonnay #2 Sun Mar 16 12:57:21 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                       1.10.10    a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                         2.3.1-17   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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Message #10 received at 192043-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>

To: 192043-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Nothing to do

Date: 24 Jul 2003 10:00:06 +0200

> It would be nice to have an option to overwrite all modified
> conffiles for this package

--force-confnew

Message #15 received at 192043@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andras Korn <korn-debbugs@chardonnay.math.bme.hu>

To: 192043@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#192043 acknowledged by developer (Nothing to do)

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:55:21 +0200

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:03:13AM -0500, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:

> > It would be nice to have an option to overwrite all modified
> > conffiles for this package
> --force-confnew

I am sorry, but that is not quite what I requested. It would need to be
specified when dpkg is invoked; it also doesn't allow the user to say 'yes
to all under subtree', let alone 'no to all under subtree'.

What I envisioned was this:

- user does apt-get dist-upgrade
- dpkg starts, unpacks packages
- configuration phase begins
- user can select on a per-package, per-directory basis what to do with all
subsequent changed config files

--force-confnew doesn't come close. Please reopen the bug and add a
'wontfix' or 'help' tag if you don't feel like implementing the feature, but
don't just pretend there is nothing to do.

Thanks

Andrew

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Message #36 received at 192043@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andras Korn <korn-debbugs@elan.rulez.org>

To: 192043@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#192043 closed by mistake

Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 17:21:29 +0200

reopen
thanks

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