Package: lintian Version: 2.104.0 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I was building my package (chkboot 1.3-8) when lintian reported the following tags: ``` E: chkboot: conffile-is-not-in-package remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zzz-chkboot E: chkboot: conffile-is-not-in-package remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zzz-chkboot E: chkboot: non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zzz-chkboot E: chkboot: non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zzz-chkboot E: chkboot: relative-conffile remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zzz-chkboot E: chkboot: relative-conffile remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zzz-chkboot ``` Based on the following conffile generated by dpkg 1.20.9 and debhelper 13.5.1: ``` remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zzz-chkboot remove-on-upgrade /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zzz-chkboot /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/05chkboot /etc/default/chkboot /etc/init.d/chkboot /etc/profile.d/chkboot-profilealert.sh ``` The remove-on-upgrade tag is a new feature from dpkg 1.20.6 as stated in deb-conffiles(5): ``` There is currently only one flag supported, remove-on-upgrade, to mark that a conffile needs to be removed on the next upgrade (since dpkg 1.20.6). These files must not exist in the binary package, as both dpkg(1) and dpkg-deb(1) will not accept building nor processing such binary packages. ``` Lintian should skip the tag if present while checking for the given tags. Best, -- Baptiste Beauplat - lyknode
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