On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 12:13:21AM +0100, Filippo Rusconi wrote: > I effectively get the said file in > > debian/polyxmassdata/etc/polyxmass.d/polyxmassdata.conf > > telling me that the "make install" target has worked ok. > > However, I also noticed that this file is referenced here: > > debian/polyxmassdata/DEBIAN/conffiles > > although I never had a conffiles for this package, because the > polyxmassdata.conf SHOULD be overwritten upon a new install. > > The result of all this is that the polyxmassdata.conf seems to be > included in the deb file (as seen using "dpkg -X file.deb /tmp"), but > does not get installed (presumably because, indeed, the debian > packaging system does think it is a conffile). It should ask you about it.
> So my question ? How can I have a configuration file installed > somewhere in /etc without having the debian packaging system think it > is a conffile ? dh_installdeb is doing it... In V3 compatibility mode and higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program, so there is no need to list them manually in package.conffiles. - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ MIEE Debian developer csmall at : enc.com.au ieee.org debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]