On 2020-02-29 01:04 +0000, Craig Small wrote:
> Control: tag -1 pending
>
> Hello,
>
> Bug #951293 in procps reported by you has been fixed in the
> Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
> message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/procps/-/commit/70da93d8a65657c24eb2f458953a8a31fd4af4e3
>
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> Use correct package version on removing conffile Closes: #951293
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry, this is again not the correct version, as the obsolete conffile
will not be removed on systems which were already upgraded to
2:3.3.16-3. See the dpkg-maintscript-helper manpage (emphasis mine):
,----
| If the conffile has not been shipped for several versions, and you are
| now modifying the maintainer scripts to clean up the obsolete file,
| prior-version should be based *on the version of the package that you
| are now preparing*, not the first version of the package that lacked the
| conffile.
`----
So the version you need to use in procps.maintscript is 2:3.3.16-4~, not
2:3.3.16-3~.
Cheers,
Sven
