r12253 - in /desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian: changelog system-tools-backends.preinst

[kilian at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: kilian
Date: Sun Aug  5 16:58:22 2007
New Revision: 12253

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/?sc=1&rev=12253
Log:
* Fix preinst maintainer script. Add rm_conffile function from
  http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling. Actually this should be done
  through ucf, anyway.

Modified:
    desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/changelog
    desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/system-tools-backends.preinst

Modified: desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/changelog
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/changelog?rev=12253&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/changelog (original)
+++ desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/changelog Sun Aug  5 16:58:22 2007
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
   * NOT RELEASED YET
   * Add get-orig-source target.
-  * Fix preinst maintainer script.
+  * Fix preinst maintainer script. Add rm_conffile function from
+    http://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling. Actually this should be done
+    through ucf, anyway.
 
- -- Kilian Krause <kilian at debian.org>  Sun,  5 Aug 2007 16:38:09 +0200
+ -- Kilian Krause <kilian at debian.org>  Sun,  5 Aug 2007 18:57:45 +0200
 
 system-tools-backends (2.2.1-5) unstable; urgency=low
 

Modified: desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/system-tools-backends.preinst
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/system-tools-backends.preinst?rev=12253&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/system-tools-backends.preinst (original)
+++ desktop/unstable/system-tools-backends/debian/system-tools-backends.preinst Sun Aug  5 16:58:22 2007
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 # stop backend here when upgrading from a version that didn't handle
 # it correctly yet in the prerm
+
+# 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 $CONFFILE.dpkg-bak ..."
+            mv -f "$CONFFILE" "$CONFFILE".dpkg-bak
+        else
+            echo "Removing obsolete conffile $CONFFILE ..."
+            rm -f "$CONFFILE"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
 case "$1" in
     install|upgrade)
 	if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 2.2.1-5; then