Control: tags -1 confirmed moreinfo On 2015-03-29 15:28, Christian Kastner wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: [email protected] > Usertags: unblock > > Hi, > > in #780432 we had: > > [...] > > Well, even though this changed passed all my local tests safely [1], > there are scenarios where this change leads to conffile breakage, see RC > bug #781050. > > I researched this a bit and my impression is that there is yet no safe > and trivial way to remove a conffile from a package A (where is has > become obsolete) after it has been moved to another package B (but B > might not be installed). See [2] and [3], for example. > > The attached debdiff drops debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript. This means > that #768229 will have to be reopened, but I'd rather accept this wart > than attempt any non-trivial solution this late in the freeze. > > The debdiff also contains a trivial and obvious fix for debian/watch, > would that be OK? > > Regards, > Christian > > [...]
Hi Christian, Thanks for looking into it. Indeed, I would also rather have an obsolete conffile than ending up with the #781050 in a released Jessie. Please go ahead with this solution - feel free to include the watch-file change as well. Thanks, ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
