Re: dpkg status Conffiles obsolete flag?

2011-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Ansgar Burchardt wrote: Sven Joachim wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: I am hoping to understand the obsolete flag on conffiles in the dpkg status file. There are many packages that include this flag at the end of the line. For example: [...] They are obsolete because they no longer exist

dpkg status Conffiles obsolete flag?

2011-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
I am hoping to understand the obsolete flag on conffiles in the dpkg status file. There are many packages that include this flag at the end of the line. For example: Package: file Conffiles: /etc/magic.mime 272913026300e7ae9b5e2d51f138e674 obsolete /etc/magic 272913026300e7ae9b5e2d51f138e674

Re: dpkg status Conffiles obsolete flag?

2011-07-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-07-10 20:55 +0200, Bob Proulx wrote: I am hoping to understand the obsolete flag on conffiles in the dpkg status file. There are many packages that include this flag at the end of the line. For example: Package: file Conffiles: /etc/magic.mime 272913026300e7ae9b5e2d51f138e674

Re: dpkg status Conffiles obsolete flag?

2011-07-10 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, I am hoping to understand the obsolete flag on conffiles in the dpkg status file. There are many packages that include this flag at the end of the line. For example: [...] They are obsolete because they no longer exist in the package. It is the package maintainer's task to deal with