On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 11:09 PM Tong Sun <suntong...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 10:46 AM Tong Sun wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having problem with my conffile files, see > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=995769 > > > > I.e., > > > > ---- > > grep: /etc/dbab/dbab.list-: No such file or directory > > cat: /etc/dbab/dbab.addr: No such file or directory > > ----
Oh, sorry Andrey, I didn't notice your following reply. sorry > Well those errors are clearly caused by dbab.maintscript saying > "rm_conffile /etc/dbab", while /etc/dbab is indeed a directory and not a > file. So it would be helpful if you told us what were you trying to do by > this. If this is about #958900 then rm_conffile is *not* about removing > files on purge. The following is what I were trying to do, and yes, I hoped that it can be used to fix #958900, as well as doing the following: > OK, I want to remove all conffile files and reinstall the new ones > when doing package upgrade, as there isn't much user intervention to > those conffile files. All are provided by the package. > > So I do `rm_conffile` to the old conffile files when doing package > upgrade, but the new conffile files provided by the new upgrading > package did not get installed afterwards, before they were used. > > > They should be there but I have no idea why they are not. > > That's why they are there if doing fresh package installation but they > are not there if doing package upgrade. > > How to properly handle conffile files in such a case? > > You should remove them manually in postrm, but only on > purge. How to do that please? I see some scripts under https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling that can handle such / specific cases, but there is also a claim of "since dpkg 1.15.7.2 this can be done using dpkg-maintscript-helper". So, I have 4 ~ 6 conffile files, how to remove them manually in postrm but only on purge pls? > Unrelated, but is the package doesn't function without files downloaded > from Internet, and even downloads them in postinst, then it should go to > contrib. Should I file a bug about this? Please don't yet, as I totally don't understand what you want me to do, now. Unless you can send me a patch, please let me get this thing over first. > Please, please help. > > Again, the package source is at: > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dbab/ > > Thanks > > > > Is there any way to have more insights into what's going on during the > > package upgrade or conffile files handling? > > > > thx > > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 3:45 PM Tong Sun > > <suntong...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Mentors, > > > > > > I need help. > > > > > > My package cannot be upgraded from current version to latest version > > > -- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=995769 > > > > > > It might have something to do with obsoleted conffile files or it > > > might even not. The problem is, I've been trying to understand how the > > > conffile files work, and I think I'm doing the right thing, yet my > > > package cannot be properly upgraded. > > > > > > - I don't understand what breaks and why, from the output of the > > > package upgrade log (see > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=995769). > > > - Thus, I have no idea how to fix it, and all my previous attempts > > > failed. So, > > > > > > Please help. The package source is at: > > > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dbab/ > > > > > > > > > Also, I've been trying to solve it on my own for so long that now the > > > good version in testing is marked for autoremoval, for the reason > > > that: > > > > > > > If a package is out of sync between unstable and testing for a longer > > > period, this usually means that bugs in the package in testing cannot be > > > fixed via unstable. > > > > > > However, this is not true in my case. So if I still cannot fix the > > > problem by myself by the deadline, would I be able to at least stop my > > > package being autoremed from testing? > > > > > > Thanks for helping > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > > From: Debian testing autoremoval watch <nore...@release.debian.org> > > > Date: Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:40 PM > > > Subject: dbab is marked for autoremoval from testing > > > To: <d...@packages.debian.org> > > > > > > > > > dbab 1.5.01-1 is marked for autoremoval from testing on 2021-12-11 > > > > > > It is affected by these RC bugs: > > > 999581: dbab: fails to migrate to testing for too long: unresolved RC bug > > > https://bugs.debian.org/999581 > > > > > > > > > > > > This mail is generated by: > > > https://salsa.debian.org/release-team/release-tools/-/blob/master/mailer/mail_autoremovals.pl > > > > > > Autoremoval data is generated by: > > > https://salsa.debian.org/qa/udd/-/blob/master/udd/testing_autoremovals_gatherer.pl
