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apt-get install not replacing deleted config file

by on Feb.23, 2012, under Debian, Linux

Problem:
An apt-get install is not replacing deleted config files…

Example:
Setting up dovecot-common (1:1.2.12-1ubuntu8.3) …
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
grep: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: No such file or directory

Solution:

apt-get --purge autoremove package


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