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

[Mike Hommey]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 09:57:13AM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Aaaand, it doesn't work either...
> 
> It still says:
> 
> Preparing to unpack .../iceweasel_45.0esr-2_all.deb ...
> D020000: trigproc_activate_packageprocessing pkg=iceweasel:amd64
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js' flags 4
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome/userChrome-example.css' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome/userChrome-exa
> mple.css' flags 4
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome/userContent-example.css' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/profile/chrome/userContent-e
> xample.css' flags 4
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/profile/localstore.rdf' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/profile/localstore.rdf' flags 4
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/profile/mimeTypes.rdf' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/profile/mimeTypes.rdf' flags 4
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/profile/prefs.js' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/profile/prefs.js' flags 4
> D000200: oldconffsetflags '/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/common/debsearch.xml' namenode '/etc/iceweasel/searchplugins/common/debsearch.x
> ml' flags 4
> D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=installed
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/iceweasel.prerm ( upgrade 45.0esr-2 )
> D020000: post_script_tasks - ensure_diversions
> D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
> D020000: post_script_tasks - trig_incorporate
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( upgrade 44.0.2-1 )
> 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.
> D020000: post_script_tasks - ensure_diversions
> D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
> D020000: post_script_tasks - trig_incorporate
> Unpacking iceweasel (45.0esr-2) over (44.0.2-1) ...

Mmmmm it looks like adding version and package information to the
rm_conffile command fixes it.

Mike