On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:12:15PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have changed a package and made some files in /etc/pcmcia/ip-{up,down}.d/
> obsolete. Since they are in /etc they are conffiles. Since they are
> conffiles, they will not be removed on upgrade. Since they are
> also scripts, they are somewhat harmful.
>
> Should I...
> 1) remove them quitely (probably not)
I believe this would violate policy.
> 2) ask via debconf if they should be deleted
I believe this is acceptable? Certainly, it seems to be common practice
among some of the packages I've seen.
> 3) move them out of the way, if so, where?
Same as #1. Slightly less destructive, but still non-kosher.
> 4) do nothing (bad idea, here for completeness)
Policy compliant, but probably a bad idea, yes.
> 5) [insert a better answer here]
I think #2 is probably a sufficiently good answer (or some variant of it,
if Policy doesn't permit Debconf usage in this manner). You're allowed to
do just about anything, if you ask first...
> I did not find an answer in the policy, I hope I searched hard enough...
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