Hi!
In order to fix this bug, I'll NMU this package with attached changes.
Greetings from Salzburg BSP
Willi
diff -Nru tgif-4.2.5/debian/changelog tgif-4.2.5/debian/changelog
--- tgif-4.2.5/debian/changelog 2012-04-16 09:20:31.000000000 +0200
+++ tgif-4.2.5/debian/changelog 2012-06-16 13:23:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+tgif (1:4.2.5-1.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * debian/preinst: Also support clean installation when package was previously
+ removed but not purged. closes: #666227
+
+ -- Willi Mann <wi...@debian.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:05:52 +0200
+
tgif (1:4.2.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru tgif-4.2.5/debian/preinst tgif-4.2.5/debian/preinst
--- tgif-4.2.5/debian/preinst 2011-03-01 23:46:59.000000000 +0100
+++ tgif-4.2.5/debian/preinst 2012-06-16 13:13:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -3,24 +3,26 @@
#DEBHELPER#
case $1 in
- install|abort-upgrade )
+ abort-upgrade )
exit 0
;;
- upgrade )
- # Remove old config file if upgrading from tgif <= 3.0p13-1
- rm -rf /etc/X11/tgif
- # Clean up app-defaults files from previous versions of the postinst
- # script tgif (< 4.2.2-4). This should restore the files to their
- # pristine state unless the user has made additional alterations.
- for bit in "" "/ja_JP.eucJP" "/ru"; do
- file=/etc/X11$bit/app-defaults/Tgif
- # Remove all instances of the
- # Tgif*InitialPaperSize:
- # Tgif*GridSystem:
- # line pairs appended by old versions of postinst.
- sed '/Tgif\*InitialPaperSize/,+1 d' $file > $file.clean
- mv $file.clean $file
- done
+ install|upgrade )
+ if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then
+ # Remove old config file if upgrading from tgif <= 3.0p13-1
+ rm -rf /etc/X11/tgif
+ # Clean up app-defaults files from previous versions of the postinst
+ # script tgif (< 4.2.2-4). This should restore the files to their
+ # pristine state unless the user has made additional alterations.
+ for bit in "" "/ja_JP.eucJP" "/ru"; do
+ file=/etc/X11$bit/app-defaults/Tgif
+ # Remove all instances of the
+ # Tgif*InitialPaperSize:
+ # Tgif*GridSystem:
+ # line pairs appended by old versions of postinst.
+ sed '/Tgif\*InitialPaperSize/,+1 d' $file > $file.clean
+ mv $file.clean $file
+ done
+ fi
;;
* )
echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
