[Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#687459: -- mc: didn't remove obsolete conffile /etc/mc/edit.spell.rc

[Jakub Wilk]

* Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob at member.fsf.org>, 2012-09-25, 10:54:
>Thank you for reporting this.
>
>May I ask you how did you notice the issue?

This script notifies me every time I install a package that didn't clean 
their obsolete conffiles:
http://jwilk.net/software/adequate

>I genuinely missed it so perhaps I need to develop a habit to check for 
>obsolete conffiles when packaging new versions...

I recommend carefully reviewing debdiffs, both between two .dsc's and 
two sets of .deb's. If you put DEBDIFF_CONTROLFILES=ALL to 
~/.devscripts, it'll show you wdiff of various control files, including 
"conffiles".

-- 
Jakub Wilk