Re: Packaging Question
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 12:43:25AM -0500, Phillip Hofmeister wrote:
> When making a package how do you specify which files are config files (IE: Files that
> should not be removed unless purged)? Is it done in the rules somehow?
Well, the question you asked, and the additional information you need to
know before you can build a package can be found in the policy document.
For short: You do it by putting the names of the conffiles in
debian/conffiles
See Policy:
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt.gz
Section 11.7 "Configuration fiels" and 6.6 "Details of configuration"
My tip: Start with the Debian Developer's reference in:
/usr/share/doc/developers-reference/developers-reference.txt.gz
Greetings
Bernd
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