[Bug 1569926] Re: Package seems to got modified without changing its version number

[Sworddragon]

I have tested this by creating 2 versions of a package where the first
creates the configuration file /etc/test/test1.conf (test1.deb) and the
second creates the configuration file /etc/test/test2.conf (test2.deb).
On installing test1.deb and then test2.deb only the file
/etc/test/test2.conf exists so dpkg does clean up obsolete configuration
files. But it seems this does not happen if a package gets reinstalled
as sayed in comment #1.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Title:
  Package seems to got modified without changing its version number

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in lxdm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 dev and on my laptop and my desktop PC I have
  the same version of lxdm installed ( 0.5.3-1 ). On executing "dpkg -S
  /etc/init/lxdm.conf" on my laptop it shows "lxdm: /etc/init/lxdm.conf"
  but on my PC it shows "dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern
  /etc/init/lxdm.conf". This means that I have fetched in the past 2
  times the package lxdm 0.5.3-1 with different content in it.

  I have noticed this discrepancy as I have today purged for a test lxdm
  on my desktop PC and reinstalled it later. On rebooting my PC lxdm
  hasn't started automatically anymore (manually executing
  "/etc/init.d/lxdm" does solve this issue but I'm not sure if this is
  another bug (I'm still using upstart)).

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