[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#653050: obsolete conffiles / symlinks not cleaned up for bootlogd split

[Roger Leigh]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 06:24:22AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Package: initscripts
> Version: 2.88dsf-18
> Severity: normal
> 
> Thanks for splitting bootlogd into a separate package!
> 
> I noticed though, that after the upgrade I still had the obsolete
> conffiles installed:

Just to clarify, was bootlogd installed at any point?  If bootlogd
gets installed, we can do conffile-related handling in the preinst,
but otherwise it would be rather dangerous for use to do anything
here, since we might remove files owned by bootlogd.

I've moved conffiles between packages and within packages before, but
never kept them in the same location.  That does make it trickier.

> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling
> [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/12/msg00647.html

I've read these in the past (and used the strategy in schroot and
sbuild).  However, these are not AFAICT applicable to this
situation due to the fact that the files aren't being moved--we're
just transferring ownership (or not, in the case that bootlogd isn't
installed).

I'm away for a few days until next week, and probably won't have much
time until after New Year now, but I'll have a better look at it when
I'm back.


Regards,
Roger

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