[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#739410: mpd: new version fails to update with apt-get update

[Max Kellermann]

On 2014/02/18 13:06, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:40:23 +0100
> Max Kellermann <max at duempel.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 2014/02/18 12:31, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net> wrote:
> > > Tried to update to version 0.18.8-1 today and it fails to install
> > > giving a dpkg error code of 1.
> > 
> > It appears your /etc/default/mpd contains garbage that belongs in
> > /etc/mpd.conf, but I don't see anything in the new package that would
> > cause garbage to be added to /etc/default/mpd.  Are you sure this was
> > added by the package and not by yourself?  What does your
> > /etc/default/mpd look like?
> 
> I've attached my /etc/default/mpd = blank, not used, /etc/mpd.conf =
> blank, not used, and /home/$USER/cron/conf/mpd.conf = which is used. 

Not true.  Your /etc/default/mpd is not blank.  It contains the same
data as your mpd.conf, which is a mistake.  This cannot work.

This bug report is bogus, unless you can demonstrate the the package
has wrongfully copied your /etc/mpd.conf to /etc/default/mpd.