Summary and Info:

I just upgraded pacman to version 3.0.6-2 and after updating some packages with it no .pacnew files are created, even though I know for a fact that the config files have been locally modified.

Note in the output below that the /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules file is reported as modified by pacman, yet reinstalling the udev package doesn't create a .pacnew file. I chose udev as only an example, I upgraded several other package with known local modifications, still no .pacnew.

Not sure what other information to provide at this point.

Steps to Reproduce:

[root@vmlinux ~]# pacman -Qii udev
Name : udev
Version : 116-3
URL : http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html
License : GPL
Groups : base
Provides : None
Depends On : glibc coreutils util-linux mktemp
Removes : None
Required By : initscripts
Conflicts With : pcmcia-cs hotplug
Installed Size : 538.52 K
Packager : Arch Linux (http://www.archlinux.org)
Architecture : i686
Build Date : Thu Nov 15 20:22:34 2007 UTC
Build Type : Unknown
Install Date : Fri Nov 23 16:27:54 2007 UTC
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description : The userspace dev tools (udev)

Backup Files:
Not Modified /etc/udev/udev.conf
MODIFIED /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules
Not Modified /etc/scsi_id.config

[root@vmlinux ~]# pacman -S udev
:: udev-116-3: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: udev-116-3

Total Package Size: 0.19 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [###########################################################################################################################] 100%
ATTENTION UDEV:
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udev >=098 rules syntax has changed, please update your own rules.
udev >=099 Added persistent network and CD/DVD Symlink generator rules.
Please read the instructions carefully before reboot.
They are located in /etc/udev/readme-udev-arch.txt
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(1/1) upgrading udev [###########################################################################################################################] 100%
[root@vmlinux ~]# find /etc/ -name "*.pac*"
[root@vmlinux ~]# ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d/
total 64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206 2007-11-15 21:22 60-cdrom_id.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1098 2007-11-15 21:10 60-pcmcia.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1215 2007-11-15 21:22 60-persistent-storage-tape.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 491 2007-06-15 00:42 70-persistent-cd.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 458 2007-06-15 00:42 70-persistent-net.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186 2007-06-12 01:50 75-cd-aliases-generator.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390 2007-11-15 21:22 75-cd-aliases-generator.rules.optional
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 869 2007-06-12 01:50 75-persistent-net-generator.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2106 2007-11-15 21:22 75-persistent-net-generator.rules.optional
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201 2007-11-15 19:21 device-mapper.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21368 2007-10-22 11:22 udev.rules
[root@vmlinux ~]#