[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#851618: lirc: adequate reports multiple obsolete-conffiles for lirc Package: lirc

[Alec Leamas]

 > On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 03:12:49 +0530
 > =?UTF-8?B?c2hpcmlzaCDgpLbgpL/gpLDgpYDgpLc=?= <shirishag75 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
 >
 > > Adequate reported multiple obsolete-conffiles for lirc -
 > >
 > > [$] adequate lirc
 > >
 > > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/irexec.lircrc
 > > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lircmd.conf
 > > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
 > > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
 > > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf
 >
 > Hi!
 >
 > hm... My strongest feeling about the debian configuration handling is
 > being on thin ice. That said, all of these files exists for reason.
 >
 > The hardware.conf is indeed obsolete, and not really used from 0.9.4+.
 > But the upgrade from 0.9.0 to 0.9.4 is a breaking update requiring
 > manual intervention, mostly about moving values from hardware.conf to
 > lirc_options.conf. So it needs to around as reference for some cycles.
 >
 > The other files are important configuration stuff. On what ground does

Please let me clarify: Actually removing these files is not possible, 
they are necessary and used. For now, I see adequate's warnings as a 
shortcoming of the tool, not being able to cope with a change of how the 
files are handled.

Unless there is more input I will close this bug.