Hi, I want to do the following to a configuration file: Ignore all updates of the conffile inside the .deb (in other words: just keep what's installed on the system). At the moment this file is marked as conffile.
The idea is: - Install the file somewhere else as template (e.g. /usr/share/<package>/conf/...), and copy the template in postinst if it is not already there. - Remove the file in postrm in case of purge. A rather problematic issue is on upgrades from a previous package where the previous one had it as a conffile. I think about the following: Just removing this file in the deb, and then do in postinst: if [ ! -a file -a -a file.dpkg-old ]; then mv file.dpkg-old file; fi if [ ! -a file ]; then cp template file; fi Would that be ok? Any suggestions on making it better? (And: Does this mean that the conffile is not available during some time between replacing the old configuration, and postinst of the new package?) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
