On 2018-01-05 14:04 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 10:55:50 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2018-01-05 10:44 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>>
>> > Package: dpkg
>> > Version: 1.19.0.4
>> > Severity: normal
>> >
>> > After switching from rxvt-unicode-256color to rxvt-unicode (see
>> > #848284), dpkg-query reports a conffile as obsolete:
>> >
>> > ,----
>> > | $ dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}\n' | grep obsolete$
>> > | [...]
>> > | /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt 7b221a2da49507e31f42e702791b085b obsolete
>> > | $ dpkg -S /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt
>> > | rxvt-unicode: /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt
>> > `----
>> >
>> > This is bogus since the file is shipped in the package, otherwise it
>> > would belong to rxvt-unicode-256color which was its previous owner.
>
> This does not show what package owned that obsolete entry, though. But
> in principle that should have been rxvt-unicode-256color. Both packages
> will have such conffiles listed in their Conffiles fields, but the old
> one might have an obsolete entry, which will be ignored by dpkg for
> most operations.
That seems to be correct. What I find confusing is that neither
"dpkg -S /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt" nor
"dpkg -L rxvt-unicode-256color" give any hint about this. What is the
point of leaving the obsolete conffile in the dpkg database then?
>> Purging the rxvt-unicode-256color package helped, although that package
>> did not contain any files according to "dpkg -L" (I had already removed
>> but not purged it). Now the conffile is no longer reported as obsolete.
>
> Was going to ask for the -s output for both packages, but it's too
> late now. :) Well, barring reinstalling the older package.
It was easy to replicate the upgrade, so here is the output which I
think matches your expectations:
,----
| $ dpkg -s rxvt-unicode rxvt-unicode-256color
| Package: rxvt-unicode
| Status: install ok installed
| Priority: optional
| Section: x11
| Installed-Size: 3312
| Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh <r...@debian.org>
| Architecture: i386
| Version: 9.22-2
| Replaces: aterm (<< 1.0.1dummy), aterm-ml (<< 1.0.1dummy), rxvt (<<
1:2.7.10-7.1~), rxvt-ml (<< 1:2.7.10-7.1~), rxvt-unicode-256color (<< 9.22-2),
rxvt-unicode-lite (<< 9.22-2)
| Provides: aterm, rxvt, x-terminal-emulator
| Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1),
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0),
libperl5.26 (>= 5.26.0~rc1), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.2), libx11-6,
libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxrender1, base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4), ncurses-term (>=
5.8-1)
| Recommends: fonts-dejavu, fonts-vlgothic | fonts-japanese-gothic
| Breaks: aterm (<< 1.0.1dummy), aterm-ml (<< 1.0.1dummy), rxvt (<<
1:2.7.10-7.1~), rxvt-ml (<< 1:2.7.10-7.1~)
| Conflicts: rxvt-unicode-256color (<< 9.22-2), rxvt-unicode-lite (<< 9.22-2)
| Conffiles:
| /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt 7b221a2da49507e31f42e702791b085b
| Description: RXVT-like terminal emulator with Unicode and 256-color support
| rxvt-unicode is a modern, Unicode-aware color xterm replacement that uses
| significantly less memory than a conventional xterm and many other Unicode
| supporting terminal emulators.
| .
| It supports using multiple fonts at the same time, including Xft fonts, and
| client-server technology to reduce memory consumption when using multiple
| windows.
| .
| This package is configured with 256-color support, and TERM set to
| "rxvt-unicode-256color". Any other systems you log into must have this
| terminfo entry installed!
| Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html
|
| Package: rxvt-unicode-256color
| Status: deinstall ok config-files
| Priority: optional
| Section: x11
| Installed-Size: 62
| Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh <r...@debian.org>
| Architecture: all
| Source: rxvt-unicode
| Version: 9.22-2
| Config-Version: 9.22-2
| Depends: rxvt-unicode (>= 9.22-2)
| Conflicts: rxvt-unicode (<< 9.22-2)
| Conffiles:
| /etc/X11/app-defaults/URxvt 7b221a2da49507e31f42e702791b085b obsolete
| Description: dummy transitional package for rxvt-unicode
| This is a dummy transitional package transitioning rxvt-unicode-256color to
| rxvt-unicode. It can safely be removed.
| Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html
`----
Cheers,
Sven
