rm_conffile() /etc/modprobe.d/ipw3945 on upgrades

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 02:53:35PM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote:
>         Hi
> 
>  Back in gutsy, linux-restricted-modules-common used to ship a
>  /etc/modprobe.d/ipw3945 conffile.  In hardy, this conffile wasn't
>  shipped anymore, but wasn't removed on upgrades.  (The modprobe.d file
>  served starting a binary only daemon but ipw3945 is superseded by
>  iwlwifi which doesn't require one.)
> 
>  The two patches below start a new release in jaunty-lrm and add a
>  postinst snippet to remove this conffile if it wasn't modified, or
>  rename it out of the way if it was.  You can also get the patches from:
>     git://kernel.ubuntu.com/lool/ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty-lrm.git
> 
>  I did a test build and installed the new
>  linux-restricted-modules-common which removed the conffile on one of my
>  systems.

Is there an LP bug associated with this?

-apw