> On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 03:12:49 +0530
> =?UTF-8?B?c2hpcmlzaCDgpLbgpL/gpLDgpYDgpLc=?= <shirisha...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > Adequate reported multiple obsolete-conffiles for lirc -
> >
> > [$] adequate lirc
> >
> > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/irexec.lircrc
> > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lircmd.conf
> > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
> > lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf
>
> Hi!
>
> hm... My strongest feeling about the debian configuration handling is
> being on thin ice. That said, all of these files exists for reason.
>
> The hardware.conf is indeed obsolete, and not really used from 0.9.4+.
> But the upgrade from 0.9.0 to 0.9.4 is a breaking update requiring
> manual intervention, mostly about moving values from hardware.conf to
> lirc_options.conf. So it needs to around as reference for some cycles.
>
> The other files are important configuration stuff. On what ground does
Please let me clarify: Actually removing these files is not possible,
they are necessary and used. For now, I see adequate's warnings as a
shortcoming of the tool, not being able to cope with a change of how the
files are handled.
Unless there is more input I will close this bug.
