Updated patch with (much) more comments. Thomas
diff -Nru lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/changelog lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/changelog --- lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/changelog 2011-03-06 22:16:30.000000000 +0100 +++ lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/changelog 2013-03-07 16:58:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +lirc (0.9.0~pre1-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Avoid prompt when conffiles are not modified by the system administrator + (Closes: #655969). + + -- Thomas Preud'homme <robo...@debian.org> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:24:27 +0100 + lirc (0.9.0~pre1-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Sven Mueller ] diff -Nru lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/lirc.preinst lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/lirc.preinst --- lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/lirc.preinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ lirc-0.9.0~pre1/debian/lirc.preinst 2013-03-07 17:15:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +set -e + +case "$1" in + upgrade) + oldconfmd5=$(md5sum /etc/lirc/hardware.conf | cut -d ' ' -f 1) + # In Squeeze, lirc's postinst empties the value of DRIVER + # from /etc/lirc/hardware.conf if the value equals + # "UNCONFIGURED". Since this file defaults to "UNCONFIGURED", + # it is subsequently modified by the postinst. + # + # The code below check whether the md5 of the file matches the + # one of the file after a default install. If that is the case, + # the code reverts the change made by the postinst to prevent + # asking questions to the administrator when no file were + # modified. + if [ "$oldconfmd5" = "566ee1cfca73380a6ec4af14c7d874cd" ] + then + sed -i "s/^\(DRIVER\)=\"/\1=\"UNCONFIGURED/" /etc/lirc/hardware.conf + fi;; + install|abort-upgrade) + ;; + + *) + echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 + exit 1 + ;; +esac + +# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically +# generated by other debhelper scripts. + +#DEBHELPER# + +exit 0
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