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

[Alec Leamas]

On 19/01/17 01:44, Paul Wise wrote:
> dpkg doesn't handle removal of conffiles when they disappear from
> packages, so the package postinst files need to handle removing
> obsolete unmodified conffiles from user systems to avoid cruft
> building up.

Thanks fpr reply. Since none of the files flagged  by adequate are 
actually obsolete I will close this bug shortly.

Question is still *why* adequate flagged these files as obsolete...

Cheers!

--aled