[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#465148: closed by Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> (Re: overwrites /etc/default/slapd /etc/ldap/ldap.conf on upgrade from 2.3 -> 2.4)

[Alex Samad]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:48:54AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 07:14:02PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> 
> > I had thought I had replied already.
> 
> > I have hand crafted ldap.conf and /etc/default/slapd, but every time i
> > upgrade the packages these files are overridden 
> 
> As I said, these are dpkg conffiles, which are never overwritten without
> explicit permission from the administrator.  If yours are being overwritten
> noninteractively, then you have a problem with your apt settings or
> command-line arguments; this isn't something that can be fixed in the
> openldap package.
strange because with other packages I get asked if I want to overwrite
them.

Is there an option for the conf file to be managed by debconf for
openldap, like with xorg and exim. Maybe I set this in the beginning and
it things it is meant to manage them and thus keeps regenerating them.



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> slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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