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[Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Firstly, that's nothing to do with Firefox. And secondly, dpkg does this
for config files (files in /etc) already. It certainly shouldn't ever do
it to files outside of there, else we'd have no control over what we're
shipping, and people would end up with broken systems.

And desktop files aren't conffiles

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  FF update in natty destroyed custom .desktop file

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I had made a custom unity quicklist for firefox by modifying
  /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

  The custom firefox.desktop file has been overwritten with the latest
  update, which means I no longer have my custom firefox menu in unity

  What I would like to see:
  dpkg noticing that the firefox.desktop file is different from the one the developer specified, and ask the user if they want to keep their own version or install the new one. I have seen this behaviour for several packages, so it must be possible to do this.

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