Bug#817908: iceweasel: leaves cruft in /etc/iceweasel/ on upgrade

[Adam Borowski]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 45.0esr-1
Severity: normal


After upgrading to 45.0esr-1 (ie, the big rename to Firefox), the following
unowned files are left:
/etc/iceweasel/
/etc/iceweasel/pref
/etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js
/etc/iceweasel/profile
/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome
/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome/userChrome-example.css
/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome/userContent-example.css
/etc/iceweasel/profile/localstore.rdf
/etc/iceweasel/profile/mimeTypes.rdf
/etc/iceweasel/profile/prefs.js
/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins
/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/locale
/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/locale/en-US
/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/common
/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/common/debsearch.xml

As I understand the changelog, the default profile and all iceweasel
conffiles are supposed to be removed.  I never consciously touched any
of those files.

The console output from the upgrade spews a number of errors:

.--=======================================================================
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firefox-esr
The following packages will be upgraded:
  iceweasel
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 41.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 690 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://apt.angband.pl:3142/ftp.pl.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 iceweasel all 45.0esr-1 [114 kB]
Get:2 http://apt.angband.pl:3142/ftp.pl.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 firefox-esr amd64 45.0esr-1 [41.3 MB]
Fetched 41.4 MB in 6s (6231 kB/s)                                                                       
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 215305 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../iceweasel_45.0esr-1_all.deb ...
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'iceweasel' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
Unpacking iceweasel (45.0esr-1) over (44.0.2-1) ...
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/common': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/iceweasel/profile': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/iceweasel/pref': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/etc/iceweasel': Directory not empty
Selecting previously unselected package firefox-esr.
Preparing to unpack .../firefox-esr_45.0esr-1_amd64.deb ...
Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.real by iceweasel'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.real by firefox-esr'
Unpacking firefox-esr (45.0esr-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Setting up firefox-esr (45.0esr-1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/bin/iceweasel (part of link group x-www-browser) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser is dangling; it will be updated with best choice
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox-esr to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/bin/iceweasel (part of link group gnome-www-browser) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser is dangling; it will be updated with best choice
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox-esr to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
Setting up iceweasel (45.0esr-1) ...
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