tags 459677 + patch
thanks
Here is a patch to solve this issue, based on the code on
http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling with the .dpkg-bak changed
to .dpkg-old. Note that the version number used need to match the
version where this change is introduced.
diff -ur makedev-2.3.1.orig/debian/preinst makedev-2.3.1/debian/preinst
--- makedev-2.3.1.orig/debian/preinst 2008-01-27 01:57:19.000000000 +0100
+++ makedev-2.3.1/debian/preinst 2008-01-27 01:59:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
#!/bin/sh
+# Remove a no-longer used conffile
+rm_conffile() {
+ PKGNAME="$1"
+ CONFFILE="$2"
+ if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ]; then
+ md5sum="`md5sum \"$CONFFILE\" | sed -e \"s/ .*//\"`"
+ old_md5sum="`dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' $PKGNAME | sed -n -e
\"\\\\' $CONFFILE'{s/ obsolete$//;s/.* //p}\"`"
+ if [ "$md5sum" != "$old_md5sum" ]; then
+ echo "Obsolete conffile $CONFFILE has been modified by you."
+ echo "Saving as $CONFFILE.dpkg-old ..."
+ mv -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE".dpkg-old
+ else
+ echo "Removing obsolete conffile $CONFFILE ..."
+ rm -f "$CONFFILE"
+ fi
+ fi
+}
+case "$1" in
+install|upgrade)
+ if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "2.3.1-84"; then
+ rm_conffile makedev /etc/init.d/makedev
+ fi
+esac
+
rm -f /usr/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8 /usr/man/man8/MAKEDEV-C.8 \
/usr/man/man8/MAKEDEV-C.8.gz
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