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  1. Bug #903137
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 903137

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 903137] Re: lucid->precise upgrade - prompt to update unmodified conf files in /etc/update-motd.d: 00-header, 10-help-text, 99-footer

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 11:04:07PM -0000, Rolf Leggewie wrote:
> I see the same thing for a bunch of files on lucid2precise upgrade

> cron for /etc/crontab
> sudo for /etc/sudoers

> upstart for /etc/init/upstart-udev-bridge.conf
> procps for /etc/init/procps.conf
> mountall for /etc/init/mountall.conf
> hostname for /etc/init/hostname.conf

> The latter had all been deleted on my system, not sure when or why that
> happened.

If you've deleted conffiles, that counts as a modification. It's not a bug
at all to be prompted in that case.

(I'm pretty sure /etc/init/mountall.conf didn't disappear on its own,
considering this is an essential part of the boot sequence in 10.04.)