Explicitly say that obsolete config files may be removed

* Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
  configuration files during  upgrade.  (Closes: #470633)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5bbc225a7d5d56abd3d46807ebfd665ce00ab26b..7de407a9cf144d342d2ce4b739975ceb986f01c3 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix typo in footnote about help2man.  (Closes: #584796)
   * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split.  Thanks, Uwe
     Kleine-König.  (Closes: #572253)
+  * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
+    configuration files during  upgrade.  (Closes: #470633)
 
  -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index da3a687069bc4f3b395dbcb0e435e76c623805d8..f0ba54e35c4a6d42a3023c5542a8dc4d8eb9253c 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7546,6 +7546,8 @@ ln -fs ../sbin/sendmail debian/tmp/usr/bin/runq
                  package is purged.
              </item>
            </list>
+           Obsolete configuration files without local changes may be
+           removed by the package during upgrade.
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