1 files 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);