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 them (e.g. remove them if > they are unmodified and no longer needed). Unfortunately, this is often > not done. > >> The reason I am looking at this is because I am trying to automate >> system upgrades from Lenny to Squeeze and some packages have init.d >> scripts that are marked obsolete and I am trying to understand why. >> >> Could some kind soul enlighten me on how conffiles are marked obsolete? > > When they are no longer shipped in the package that used to contain > them; dpkg does not currently remove obsolete conffiles unless that > package is purged, see #330256ยน.
dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) also has a good explanation what happens and why. It also makes dealing with them (in maintainer scripts) easier. Regards, Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
