From f0d6068086b701522b92a7dd941739cf4fbb71e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:18:42 +0000
Subject: - The conffiles control file isn't required in Debian packages, so
 don't   error out if it's missing. (Peter Korsgaard)

---
 archival/dpkg.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 1280ca03d..c8ea0b34e 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -1339,8 +1339,10 @@ static void remove_package(const unsigned package_num, int noisy)
 	free_array(remove_files);
 	free_array(exclude_files);
 
-	/* rename <package>.conffile to <package>.list */
-	xrename(conffile_name, list_name);
+	/* rename <package>.conffiles to <package>.list
+	 * The conffiles control file isn't required in Debian packages, so don't
+	 * error out if it's missing.  */
+	rename(conffile_name, list_name);
 
 	/* Change package status */
 	set_status(status_num, "config-files", 3);
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