Bug#97648: Bug#97651: language.dat refers to obsolete package.

[Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>]

C.M. Connelly writes:
 > 
 > "CM"  == Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>
 > "CMC" == C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>
 > 
 >     CMC> If you look in /etc/texmf, you may well find (as I did) a
 >     CMC> language.dat.dpkg-dist file, which contains the correct
 >     CMC> reference and removes the comment about needing
 >     CMC> tetex-nonfree.
 > 
 >     CM> Well, that shows, that you did not accept the new config
 >     CM> file while upgrading. If you don't do that you have to
 >     CM> merge the changes by hand.
 > 
 > Exactly my point.  The tetex-base package was correctly updated to
 > reflect the new name of the Dutch hyphenation pattern file, but
 > that change would only take effect if the user allows their
 > language.dat file to be overwritten.  Since that would require
 > them to go back and edit the file by hand to restore any changes
 > they'd made, many people (including, perhaps, the person who filed
 > these two bug reports) don't accept the update.  As a result,
 > their language.dat file isn't changed, and they'll run into
 > problems when trying to compile a format using the Dutch
 > hyphenation patterns.
 > 

The same ist true for all debian packages which bring new
configuration files. It is the users responsibility to merge his/her
changes into the new config file