Bug#689508: ignore obsolete conffiles which are not owned by the package

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Andreas,

Axel Beckert wrote on 25th of April:
> Below is a suggested patch for a variant where the ignoring of
> obsolete conffiles can be disabled with a commandline option.

I've uploaded this patch (and refreshing po files) to Debian
Experimental as debsums 2.2.1~rc1.

> I'd be very happy if you could test this patch on a known case and
> tell me
> 
> A) if it is compatible with your patch (i.e. I didn't introduce a
>    regression when adding the option)
> B) turning this setting off really works as documented.

If your feedback is positive, I'd upload it as 2.2.1 to unstable and
try to get this into stretch.

> I'm currently doing these modifications in a feature branch at
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/debsums.git/log/?h=ignore-obsolete-689508
> (There you'll also find the updated man page.)

So far, the release candidate is still in that branch and not yet
merged into master.

		Regards, Axel
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