Thanks for the reply mika,
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:45:33 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
- how to prevent it from happening again?
Make sure you check the files where you are asked questions like:
| What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: | Y or I : install the package maintainer's version | N or O : keep your currently-installed version | D : show the differences between the versions | Z : start a new shell to examine the situation | The default action is to keep your current version.
So by default you won't accept the new file (unless you choose 'I') but instead use the old file and a .dpkg-new will be generated for further actions.
Strange, I thought I chose 'Y', ie, 'I'. What's even more strange is that, there is /etc/init.d/grml-reboot.dpkg-new file in my system but no /etc/init.d/grml-reboot. All the .dpkg-new files are like this. If I've chosen N or O, I'd have a /etc/init.d/grml-reboot left, correct?
According to your specific problem: looks like something changed /etc/init.d/grml-reboot on your system (so the hashsum of the file stored in package management and the one of current /etc/init.d/grml-reboot don't match). Assuming that it wasn't you who changed the file on your own I'll check that out on my own so it won't happen with the next grml-small version.
Oh, I thought that they were upgraded because they were out-dated. Thanks for the info, I'll look closely next time. FYI, this behavior is not grml-package specify, here is a list of all my .dpkg-new files:
/etc/X11/windowlab/windowlab.menurc.dpkg-new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vmware.dpkg-new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example.dpkg-new /etc/zsh/zshrc.original.dpkg-new /etc/zsh/zlogin.original.dpkg-new /etc/zsh/completion.d/_grml-x.dpkg-new /etc/zsh/zshenv.original.dpkg-new /etc/zsh/zlogout.original.dpkg-new /etc/zsh/zprofile.original.dpkg-new /etc/grml/language-functions.dpkg-new /etc/grml/modules.dpkg-new /etc/grml/autoconfig.functions.dpkg-new /etc/grml/autoconfig.small.dpkg-new /etc/grml/autoconfig.dpkg-new /etc/grml/partconf.dpkg-new /etc/skel/.w3m/config.dpkg-new /etc/skel/.centericq/external.dpkg-new /etc/skel/.asoundrc.example.dpkg-new /etc/skel/.a2ps/a2psrc.dpkg-new /etc/skel/.kshrc.dpkg-new [...rest ignored...]