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and subject line Re: Bug#960846: The "path-exclude" and "path-include"
configurations are not taken into account on package removals
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regarding The "path-exclude" and "path-include" configurations are not taken
into account on package removals
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.19.7
Dear Maintainers,
The "path-exclude" and "path-include" configurations in
"/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include" are not taken into
account on package removals.
To reproduce you can for example:
- Install the package "xfwm4".
- Add "path-exclude /usr/share/themes/*" to
"/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include".
- Remove or reinstall the package "xfwm4".
- See that "xfwm4" themes in "/usr/share/themes/*" are gone.
This is obviously problematic when one wants to modify some files from a
given package while preserving their names/paths. Then any update,
reinstall or removal of the given package removes also the customized
files even if those files are excluded using the "path-exclude"
configurations in "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include".
Currently I need to use custom workaround scripts to periodically
restore the such modifications and try to minimize such modifications,
but still it would be nice if the current "path-exclude" and
"path-include" mechanisms could be improved in this regard.
Regards,
Bakhelit
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--- Begin Message ---
Control: tag -1 wontfix
[ See below for the reason. :) ]
Hi!
On Sun, 2020-05-17 at 13:33:53 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.19.7
> The "path-exclude" and "path-include" configurations in
> "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include" are not taken into account
> on package removals.
Yes, as documented. The intention of these options was to avoid
installing pathnames, not to make them invisible to dpkg for any
other operation
> To reproduce you can for example:
>
> - Install the package "xfwm4".
>
> - Add "path-exclude /usr/share/themes/*" to
> "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include".
>
> - Remove or reinstall the package "xfwm4".
>
> - See that "xfwm4" themes in "/usr/share/themes/*" are gone.
Yes, this works as expected.
> This is obviously problematic when one wants to modify some files from a
> given package while preserving their names/paths. Then any update, reinstall
> or removal of the given package removes also the customized files even if
> those files are excluded using the "path-exclude" configurations in
> "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include".
I think what you actually want instead are dpkg diversions (see man
dpkg-divert(8)), which seem to match what you are intending to do here.
> Currently I need to use custom workaround scripts to periodically restore
> the such modifications and try to minimize such modifications, but still it
> would be nice if the current "path-exclude" and "path-include" mechanisms
> could be improved in this regard.
See above. And I'm thus closing this report.
Thanks,
Guillem
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