[ubuntu-dev] Bug#804391: ubuntu-dev-tools: conffiles not removed

[Paul Wise]

Package: ubuntu-dev-tools
Version: 0.155
Severity: normal
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: obsolete-conffile adequate

The recent upgrade did not deal with obsolete conffiles properly.
Please use the dpkg-maintscript-helper support provided by dh_installdeb
to remove these obsolete conffiles on upgrade.

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files
http://manpages.debian.org/man/1/dh_installdeb

This bug report brought to you by adequate:

http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2013/02/23/inadequate-software/

$ pkg=ubuntu-dev-tools ; adequate $pkg ; dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}\n' $pkg | grep obsolete
ubuntu-dev-tools: obsolete-conffile /etc/bash_completion.d/pbuilder-dist
 /etc/bash_completion.d/pbuilder-dist dcf466220e868c68cc6947906bc7a15b obsolete

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (860, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (850, 'buildd-testing-proposed-updates'), (800, 'unstable'), (790, 'buildd-unstable'), (700, 'experimental'), (690, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages ubuntu-dev-tools depends on:
ii  binutils                   2.25.1-7
ii  dctrl-tools                2.24-1
ii  devscripts                 2.15.9
ii  diffstat                   1.60-1
ii  distro-info                0.14
ii  dpkg-dev                   1.18.3
ii  lsb-release                9.20150917
ii  perl                       5.20.2-6
ii  python                     2.7.9-1
ii  python-apt                 1.0.1
ii  python-debian              0.1.27
ii  python-distro-info         0.14
ii  python-httplib2            0.9.1+dfsg-1
ii  python-launchpadlib        1.10.3-3
ii  python-lazr.restfulclient  0.13.4-5
ii  python-ubuntutools         0.155
pn  python:any                 <none>
ii  sudo                       1.8.12-1

Versions of packages ubuntu-dev-tools recommends:
ii  bzr                     2.6.0+bzr6602-3
pn  bzr-builddeb            <none>
ii  ca-certificates         20150426
ii  cowdancer               0.74
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  debian-keyring          2015.08.13
ii  debootstrap             1.0.73
ii  dput                    0.9.6.4
ii  genisoimage             9:1.1.11-3
ii  libwww-perl             6.13-1
ii  lintian                 2.5.38
ii  patch                   2.7.5-1
ii  pbuilder                0.219
ii  python-dns              2.3.6-3
ii  python-soappy           0.12.22-1
ii  quilt                   0.63-3
ii  reportbug               6.6.5

Versions of packages ubuntu-dev-tools suggests:
ii  python             2.7.9-1
ii  python-simplejson  3.7.3-1+b1
pn  qemu-user-static   <none>

-- no debconf information

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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