[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#454399: Bug#454399: dbus -- Doesn't purge all files after piuparts Install+Upgrade+Purge test

[Kumar Appaiah]

Dear Michael,

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:14:30AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> > Well, the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch has been transitioned
> > over to dbus-x11. So it would imho be a bad idea to purge it in dbus.
> > Isn't this rather an issue of dpkg not removing conffiles marked
> > obsolete? (I'm not sure if it actually does that, but that seems to be
> > the only logical explanation for your bug report)
> 
> This is quite possible, let me first investigate and fidn if this is
> the case.

The situation is like this. dpkg will NOT purge conffiles belonging to
a package during upgrade. Now, since, after Etch, dbus does not own
the file anymore, I presume the best thing would be to remove the file
under the condition that dbus-x11 is not installed, though this is
just my idea. You may wish to consult the Release managers in charge
of the goal for the clarification. [1] :-)

Thanks!

Kumar

[1]: http://release.debian.org/lenny-goals.txt
-- 
Kumar Appaiah,
458, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036
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