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Re: Why is help so hard to find?



On 16.01.2011 05:59, Mike Bird wrote:
> 
> That test box alone has 48 obsolete conffiles belonging to
> 19 installed packages.  And I'm not sure if current package
> maintainers would look favorably on bugs filed regarding
> obsolete conffiles left by previous versions of packages.

If you do encounter such packages, please *do* file bugs.

Imho there are very few cases where it makes sense to keep obsolete conffiles
and for the majority not removing them on upgrades is a valid bug.

Michael

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universe are pointed away from Earth?

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