hi, On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:54:08PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > If a previous version of a package had configuration files (not > conffiles), but the newer version of the package does not (and no other > configuration file replaces it), should the new package on upgrade > remove the old configuration files or just keep them lying around? I > could not derive the correct answer to this question from the policy. i'd say if they don't get in the way, leave them there, but make a note of the fact that they're obsoleted via a debconf note (of appropriate priority), and in the README or Changelog.Debian. if they do get in the way, you could perhaps move them to $file.obsoleted or something like that. sean --
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