[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#465148: overwrites /etc/default/slapd /etc/ldap/ldap.conf on upgrade from 2.3 -> 2.4

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:52:44AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> Just did the upgrade from slapd 2.3.38-1+lenny1 -> 2.4.7-5 and
> /etc/defaults/slapd and /etc/ldap/ldap.conf where overwritten. I had a
> backup of these but a warning might have been good

/etc/defaults/slapd is a conffile.  It's managed by dpkg in the standard
way.  If you had modified your defaults, you would be prompted on upgrade
whether to accept the new file; if you had not, then the new file comprises
the correct new settings as determined by the maintainers.

/etc/ldap/ldap.conf is likewise a conffile, though in this case it's a
conffile whose owner changed from libldap2 to libldap-2.4-2.  If I remember
correctly, this at worst causes spurious conffile prompts on upgrade,
though, not silent overwriting of conffiles.  What precisely is the problem
you encountered with this file after the upgrade?

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