Article 4WVZE Broken dot-new config handler

Broken dot-new config handler

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Xsane
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I posted this in 'Requests for -current', but it didn't get any traction; so lets
try a separate thread. Any comments?

The dot-new handler falls down when the configuration file has a version in its
path. For example, every upgrade of the ghostscript package is leaving cruft due
to cidfmap.new

Code:/usr/share/ghostscript/
a"a"a" 9.22
a"** a""a"a" Resource
a"** a""a"a" Init
a"** a""a"a" cidfmap
a"a"a" 9.23
a"** a""a"a" Resource
a"** a""a"a" Init
a"** a""a"a" cidfmap
a"a"a" 9.24
a"** a""a"a" Resource
a"** a""a"a" Init
a"** a""a"a" cidfmap
a"a"a" 9.25
a"** a""a"a" Resource
a"** a""a"a" Init
a"** a""a"a" cidfmap
a"a"a" 9.26
a"** a""a"a" Resource
a"** a""a"a" Init
a"** a""a"a" cidfmapThe only useful instance for cidfmap.new would be a rebuild
(same version; same path).

Any sys-admin using a custom cidfmap must be used to reinstalling it
on every upgrade; so having to do so on a rebuild should not be a
surprise. Meaning, that IMO cidfmap should not be using the dot-new
handler. I suppose the handler could be rewritten for this corner
case, but it probably wouldn't be a good ROI.latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=t9c4ETFFFvs:1NEwWB2Nalg:F7zBnMy latest?i=t9c4ETFFFvs:1NEwWB2Nalg:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=t9c4ETFFFvs:1NEwWB2Nalg:gIN9vFwt9c4ETFFFvs
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