Re: conffiles
On Tuesday 31 August 2010 05:54:26 Russ Allbery wrote:
> Zvi Dubitzky <DUBI@il.ibm.com> writes:
> > Is there a way to put something in DEBIAN directory that will trigger
> > the poped up question when overwriting config files
> > (during package installation) before running dpkg-deb --build to
> > generate the packge
>
> Yes, create DEBIAN/conffiles listing all the conffiles in the package.
There's also a way for dpkg and friends to merge old config file with new
config file without popping up questions which may be painful for your users.
This is the subject of one GSoC project this year. I'll provide more details
if you're interested.
All the best
Dominique
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