# # detect packages that leave obsolete conffiles after upgrades # PATTERN='OBSOLETE CONFFILE' WHERE='fail bugged affected' ISSUE=1 HEADER='Packages leaving obsolete conffiles after upgrade' HELPTEXT='
Packages that leave obsolete conffiles after upgrade. Using
dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffilevia dh_installdeb package.maintscript files is the recommended way to clean them up. There may be false positives, e.g. if a conffile was converted to a maintainer script managed configuration file. '