I'm not sure if this is a defect in 'mv_conffile' of the dpkg- maintscript-helper scripts.
dpkg-maintscript-helper handles conffiles. But in this case the 'rules.v4' file of the package 'iptables-persistent' is a configuration file not a confile. Quote from the Depian Policy 10.7 [1]: "Almost all conffiles are configuration files, but many configuration files are not conffiles." A configuration file could be any file which customizes the behaviour of a program. But a conffile has to be shipped within the package and listed in a package's 'conffiles' file. Neither the old 'rules' nor the new 'rules.v4' file are shipped within the package and so they are not a conffile. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-config-files -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985508 Title: dpkg-maintscript-helper 'mv_conffile' fails if target doesn't already exist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/985508/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
