Re: Bug#269828: tetex-base: Provide script to purge old map files

[Richard Lewis <rtf@jabble.com>]

Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> writes:

> I have checked in the patch attached below.
>
> Regards, Frank
>
> --- tetex-base/debian/README.debian	2004/07/21 14:21:56	1.10
> +++ tetex-base/debian/README.debian	2004/09/04 17:33:50	1.11
> @@ -155,15 +155,21 @@
>  2. Changes in handling of map files (unneeded files in /etc/texmf/dvips)
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> -The following files in /etc/texmf/dvips/ used to be conffiles (i.e.,
> +Font map files previously were installed as conffiles (i.e.,
>  configuration files managed by dpkg) in older versions of tetex-base
> -and tetex-extra (e.g. in woody), but are not included and not used in
> -current versions - some were also managed by ucf. Because of Debian
> -Policy and dpkg's way to handle conffiles, they will not be removed
> -when you upgrade, although they are useless. You can quite safely
> -delete them (but then you won't be able to downgrade any more unless
> -you purge the packages). Any changes you made previously in these
> -files will no longer have any effect.
> +and tetex-extra (e.g. in woody) in /etc/texmf/dvips. Since it is in
> +fact not necessary to change them, they are now treated as ordinary
> +files and installed below /usr/share/texmf/dvips. Because of Debian
> +Policy and dpkg's way to handle conffiles, the copies in
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here it's better English to say "way of handling conffiles," 

Actually, I;d probably write the first part of the sentence as:

  Because of Debian Policy (and the way dpkg handles conffiles),

but the version you wrote is understandable.



> +Do NOT delete other files in the directory, which continues to be
> +used. 

Do NOT delete other files in the directory, they are still required.