Dominik Kubla writes ("Bug#2864: serious bug in amd!"): ... > The question is what happens to a conffile when the package is upgraded > and that file is no longer part of the new package? Does dpkg delete it > without warning? No, it's supposed to leave it lying around. > I will investigate that issue before uploading the next revision > (which is due because of an error in the postinst script). Let me know if the behaviour isn't as I expect. Ian.