Changelog
base-files (9.3) unstable; urgency=medium
* Change /usr/share/base-files/dot.profile (the default /root/.profile)
to not fail with new mesg behaviour in stretch. Closes: #794727.
* Add extra code in postinst so that people who never modified
their /root/.profile from jessie get the fixed version. This is
done by the update_to_current_default() function, which is now
more general and allows updating files not in /etc.
* While we are at it, modify install_from_default() function so that
it's called in the same simplified way as update_to_current_default().
-- Santiago Vila <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:50:38 +0200