On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Is there a bug example or two you could point me to so that I can > follow the standard template of reporting these problems? It appears > I have some bug reports to file against packages in Wheezy.
Here is a recent example of one I filed: http://bugs.debian.org/706911 And my template for that: Subject: conffiles not removed Usertags: conffile User: debian...@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. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files http://manpages.debian.net/man/1/dh_installdeb This bug report brought to you by adequate: http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2013/02/23/inadequate-software/ pkg= adequate $pkg dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}\n' $pkg | grep obsolete dpkg -L $pkg | sort -u | grep /etc > 1 dpkg-deb --contents /var/cache/apt/archives/$pkg_*.deb | sed 's/^.*\.\//\//;s_/$__' | sort -u | grep /etc > 2 diff -u 1 2 -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6E8xJ7ZApFpgH66G-1vkGFK__S=vda67l4yt5n_dqr...@mail.gmail.com