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Bug#813229: initramfs-tools: '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf' is marked as obsolete conffile

From Thilo Six <debian@Xk2c.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#813229: initramfs-tools: '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf' is marked as obsolete conffile
Date 2016-01-31 14:10 +0100
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Hello Ben,

Thank you for taking care of this.

Ben Hutchings schrieb/wrote:
-- <snip> --
>> /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf 42161705437308c44abc6d46395889c1 obsolete
> 
> It has moved to initramfs-tools-core.  If you run:
> 
>     dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}\n' | grep 'initramfs\.conf'
> 
> you should see:
> 
>  /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf 42161705437308c44abc6d46395889c1 obsolete
>  /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf 7690949b00a8a2c0fad84fa4e965b00c

confirmed. I attach the output as file, so that my MUA does not mangle it.

>> Usually the local admin can safely rm obsolete conffiles, thats not the case
>> with '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf' as this breaks update-initramfs.
> 
> Indeed.  I'll investigate how to handle the package split in a way that
> dpkg doesn't get confused like this.


kind regards,

     Thilo

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Bug#813229: initramfs-tools: '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf' is marked as obsolete conffile Thilo Six <debian@Xk2c.de> - 2016-01-30 17:40 +0100
  Bug#813229: initramfs-tools: '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf' is marked as obsolete conffile Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-01-31 01:20 +0100
    Bug#813229: initramfs-tools: '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf' is marked as obsolete conffile Thilo Six <debian@Xk2c.de> - 2016-01-31 14:10 +0100
  Bug#813229: marked as done (initramfs-tools: '/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf'  is marked as obsolete conffile) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-02-11 05:40 +0100

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