Bug#454329: tetex-base -- Doesn't purge all files after piuparts Install+Upgrade+Purge test

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Luk Claes <luk@debian.org> wrote:

> The thing is that it's not just a transition, it's an install, an
> upgrade and a purge. When someone purges a package there shouldn't be
> any owned files left... But you're kind of right that this is a dpkg bug
> as it doesn't support taking over conffiles properly. So my advice is to
> either leave it as is and 'wait' for a solution in dpkg or remove the
> files when purged. The latter is only tricky when *after* the transition
> the file can still be owned by more than one package from a maintainer's
> point of view.

At least for the obsolete files, which are kept only for the
maintainer's convenience, no one should claim ownership. Therefore I'll
let tetex-base remove them upon purge.

Thanks for the advice, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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