From cbffab246997fb5a06211dfb706b54e5ae5bb59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:58:51 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.21.22. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/deb-conffiles.pod | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/deb-conffiles.pod (limited to 'man/deb-conffiles.pod') diff --git a/man/deb-conffiles.pod b/man/deb-conffiles.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..668af12 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-conffiles.pod @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +# dpkg manual page - deb-conffiles(5) +# +# Copyright © 2016-2017 Guillem Jover +# +# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see . + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +deb-conffiles - package conffiles + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +A package declares its list of conffiles by including a I file +in its control archive (i.e. I during package creation). + +This file contains a list of files, one per line, with an optional leading +flag separated by whitespace. +The conffiles must be listed as absolute pathnames. +Trailing whitespace will be trimmed, but empty or whitespace-only lines are +not accepted. + +Files without a flag should exist in the binary package, otherwise L +will ignore them. + +There is currently only one flag supported, B, to mark +that a conffile needs to be removed on the next upgrade (since dpkg 1.20.6). +These files must not exist in the binary package, as both L and +L will not accept building nor processing such binary packages. + +=head1 EXAMPLE + + %CONFDIR%/alternatives/README + %CONFDIR%/cron.daily/dpkg + %PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg + %CONFDIR%/logrotate.d/dpkg + remove-on-upgrade /etc/some-old-file.conf + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +B(1), +B(1). -- cgit v1.2.3