[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#947915: marked as done (release-notes: Suggest cleaning up leftover *.dpkg-old etc. config files)

Your message dated Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:08:02 +0100
with message-id <0ade5d3d-221b-d57f-0571-683c353a054e@debian.org>
and subject line Committed release-notes changes
has caused the Debian Bug report #947915,
regarding release-notes: Suggest cleaning up leftover *.dpkg-old etc. config files
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org
immediately.)


-- 
947915: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947915
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hello,

Attached is a patch which suggests cleaning up unused config files
leftover from prior upgrades, the foo.dpkg-old and similar files,
before starting the new upgrade.

Regards,
Karl

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

diff --git a/en/upgrading.dbk b/en/upgrading.dbk
index b04a58e2..77f275fd 100644
--- a/en/upgrading.dbk
+++ b/en/upgrading.dbk
@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ $ apt-forktracer | sort
     It is a good idea to <link linkend="obsolete">remove obsolete
     packages</link> from your system before upgrading.
   </para>
+  <para>
+    A previous upgrade can have left unused copies of configuration
+    files; <link linkend="configuration-changes">old versions</link>
+    of configuration files, versions supplied by the package
+    maintainers, etc.  Removing leftover files from previous upgrades,
+    before performing another upgrade, can avoid confusion.  Find such
+    leftover files with:
+  </para>
+  <screen>
+# find /etc -name '*.dpkg-*'
+  </screen>
 
   <section id="proposed-updates">
     <title>The proposed-updates section</title>

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
These bugs have been fixed, thanks for your contribution.

Paul

Attachment: OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature


--- End Message ---
Reply to: