[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#727016: Systemd upgrade restored deleted configuration file

[Michael Biebl]

Hi,

Am 21.10.2013 15:36, schrieb John Williams:
> I deleted the file:
>   /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty at tty1.service
> (I replaced it by my own login service file with a different name)
> and a recent upgrade to systemd restored the missing file.

I hope you didn't place a real file in
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/?
Only symlinks should be created in .wants directories.

> Perhaps this file should be added to "conffiles" ?

The conffiles handling of symlinks in dpkg is odd afair. That's why the
symlink shipped in the systemd package is not flagged as conffile
automatically.
We'd have to mangle the conffiles manually to achieve that, but I'm a
bit worried about the possible side effects.
I assume symlinks aren't conffiles for a reason.

Michael



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