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Tags: 0.9-12

Ignore directories in /var/lib/sysnews to allow for keeping it in
cvs/rcs. Closes: #182135

added added

removed removed

# just check to see if it's there, because dpkg will delete it, as an

# unchanged removed conffile, before the ponstinst runs. Thus this gross

# hack. Note that I use a directory because that can be created safely w/o

# sysmlink attacks. Adding a file to /var/news/ makes dpkg omit puzzling

# sysmlink attacks. Adding a file to /var/news/ makes dpkg emit puzzling

# messages, which is why I don't do that.

if [ -d /var/news -a ! -e /var/news/WELCOME ] && dpkg --compare-versions 0.9-8 gt "$2"; then

mkdir /var/tmp/.sysnews_WELCOME_deleted