Hi Brian, Thanks for taking the time on this really old bug. Will this work?
root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~# apt-get source haproxy checkinstall root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~# cd haproxy* root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# mkdir -p etc/haproxy root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# touch etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# echo 'etc/haproxy.cfg' >> includes root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# checkinstall -y --include=includes root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# dpkg -e haproxy*.deb root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# cat DEBIAN/conffiles | wc -l 0 after applying patched package of checkinstall dpkg -i ~/checkinstall_1.6.2-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# checkinstall -y --include=includes root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# dpkg -e haproxy*.deb root@checkinstall-bug-trusty:~/haproxy-1.5.14# cat DEBIAN/conffiles | wc -l 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304760 Title: checkinstall fails to add files to dpkg conffiles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkinstall/+bug/1304760/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs