Bug#760763: libav-tools: conffiles not removed

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Paul Wise <pabs at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: libav-tools
> Version: 6:11~beta1-2
> Severity: normal
> Usertags: conffile
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: obsolete-conffile adequate
>
> The recent upgrade did not deal with obsolete conffiles properly.
> Please use the dpkg-maintscript-helper support provided by dh_installdeb
> to remove these obsolete conffiles on upgrade.
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files
> http://manpages.debian.net/man/1/dh_installdeb
>
> This bug report brought to you by adequate:
>
> http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2013/02/23/inadequate-software/
>
> $ pkg=libav-tools ; adequate $pkg ; dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}\n' $pkg | grep obsolete
> libav-tools: obsolete-conffile /etc/avserver.conf
> /etc/avserver.conf 43e9d812fb6ca7464d13eec57d6b3c17 obsolete

Actually, that configuration file should just get removed. Is there a
better way than "rm -r /etc/avserver.conf" in postinst?


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regards,
    Reinhard