Bug#673006: spf-tools-perl: Package overwrote existing file without backing it up or asking

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 15 May 2012 23:41:36 +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:

> >> I had a file /usr/sbin/spfd installed already on my system, and when I
> >> installed this package it overwrote the existing file without backing
> >> it up or at least asking whether it is ok to overwrite it.
> > Where did this /usr/sbin/spfd come from?
> >
> > If on the other hand the file was locally installed or came from some
> > package out of the Debian archive, then we can't do anything about
> > it, I guess ...
> It was locally installed... So what I observed is the expected behavior?

I would say so, yes.

At least in my understanding, /usr/sbin is managged by the package
system, and local files should be places into /usr/local or /opt,
also according to the FHS.

(And if there were something wrong here, it would be in dpkg and not
in this specific package.)

Cheers,
gregor

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