[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#983722: Bug#983722: libssl1.1: drop upgrade support from old-old-old-stable from maintainer script

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:26:28PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Package: libssl1.1
> Version: 1.1.1j-1
> Tags: patch
> User: debian-dpkg at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: dpkg-root-support
> 
> The libssl1.1 package ships a maintainer script whose entire purpose is
> supporting upgrades from old-old-old-stable. Since Debian does not
> support skipping releases, it seems like this code can be safely
> dropped. The good thing about dropping it is that code that isn't there
> doesn't have to support DPKG_ROOT. Please consider applying the attached
> patch.

I think you at least misunderstand the purpose of the script, but
we've also not used it in a very long time.

It's meant to restart all services that make use of openssl when a
security update is released. I guess I switched to "checkrestart"
myself, so never had the need to use it myself anymore.


Kurt