From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:51:42 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Explicitly say that obsolete config files may be removed
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=74661c647c139c72c8edb72916d95617cdddb5ee;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

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 5bbc225..7de407a 100644
--- 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 da3a687..f0ba54e 100644
--- 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.
 	  </p>
 
 	  <p>