[Pkg-sympa-devel] Bug#587154: debian dist-upgrade breaks existing sympa config

[Andrew Gallagher]

This bug also crops up when upgrading from v5 to v6 on lenny->squeeze
dist upgrade. In particular, it forgot my db password and I had to reset.

Saying that files called "*.conf" under the /etc/ tree are not conffiles
is disingenuous. If they contain user-editable settings they should not
be overwritten on upgrades. This is basic stuff.

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Andrew Gallagher
Senior Technician, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
NUI Galway, Ireland