On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 08:08:19PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 02:50 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > How often do you think this shall be needed in this release > > cycle? Writing a general purpose dh_tool, and getting it tested, is > > not a simple task (though of course, if you feel the need to scratch > > that itch, far be it for me to stop you). > > Its not just this release cycle though: In any release there are at > least two versions of dpkg to consider w.r.t. moving conf-files around. > So I wasn't proposing that a specific tool be written urgently, but > rather that we consider having one as a standard, and its behaviour can > be adjusted to handle the current previous-release, current-release > pairing of dpkg correctly to facilitate such moves.
But from etch onwards, the job consists of putting the file in a different package and adding a Replaces. There'd be nothing for a debhelper program to do. Sure, maybe a year ago it would have been worth it - but it's now too late to bother. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
