On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:26:28PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Package: libssl1.1 > Version: 1.1.1j-1 > Tags: patch > User: debian-d...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: dpkg-root-support > > The libssl1.1 package ships a maintainer script whose entire purpose is > supporting upgrades from old-old-old-stable. Since Debian does not > support skipping releases, it seems like this code can be safely > dropped. The good thing about dropping it is that code that isn't there > doesn't have to support DPKG_ROOT. Please consider applying the attached > patch.
I think you at least misunderstand the purpose of the script, but we've also not used it in a very long time. It's meant to restart all services that make use of openssl when a security update is released. I guess I switched to "checkrestart" myself, so never had the need to use it myself anymore. Kurt
