[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#678674: initscripts: upgrade to Wheezy leaves obsolete configs

[Roger Leigh]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 08:02:12PM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> Package: initscripts
> Version: 2.88dsf-22.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Upgrading to Wheezy makes dpkg report the following config files as obsolete:
> 
> initscripts: /etc/init.d/stop-bootlogd
> initscripts: /etc/init.d/bootlogd
> initscripts: /etc/init.d/stop-bootlogd-single
> 
> They would need to either be moved or removed, as appropriate, using dpkg-maintscript-helper fragments. This is easiest accomplished by populating debian/initscripts.maintscript with suitable mv_conffile or rm_conffile lines, as appropriate.

It's not that simple.  They have been moved to the bootlogd package,
but we have no reliable means of determining whether or not it's
safe to purge them--this is entirely dependent upon whether or no
bootlogd is installed, removed or purged.

If you do have any ideas about how this can be safely handled, we
would of course be very happy to hear them.


Regards,
Roger

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