Re: obsolete, harmful conf files

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:12:15PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have changed a package and made some files in /etc/pcmcia/ip-{up,down}.d/
> obsolete. Since they are in /etc they are conffiles. Since they are
> conffiles, they will not be removed on upgrade. Since they are
> also scripts, they are somewhat harmful.
> 
> Should I...
> 1) remove them quitely (probably not)

I believe this would violate policy.

> 2) ask via debconf if they should be deleted

I believe this is acceptable? Certainly, it seems to be common practice
among some of the packages I've seen.

> 3) move them out of the way, if so, where?

Same as #1. Slightly less destructive, but still non-kosher.

> 4) do nothing (bad idea, here for completeness)

Policy compliant, but probably a bad idea, yes.

> 5) [insert a better answer here]

I think #2 is probably a sufficiently good answer (or some variant of it,
if Policy doesn't permit Debconf usage in this manner). You're allowed to
do just about anything, if you ask first...

> I did not find an answer in the policy, I hope I searched hard enough...

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