Bug#586427: Support for dpkg's filtering mechanism (--path-exclude/--path-include)

2014-02-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Martin, Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com (2010-06-19): Package: base-installer Version: 1.107 Severity: wishlist dpkg in git has support for filtering files, i.e. a mechanism by which you can exclude certain files from being installed (e.g. /usr/share/doc, man pages). This is useful

Bug#586427: Support for dpkg's filtering mechanism (--path-exclude/--path-include)

2014-02-25 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org [2014-02-25 17:38]: so if it's about configuring dpkg through dpkg.cfg.d, base-installer looks like the place to implement this. What do you think? Sounds reasonable. Unfortunately, I don't have a specific need for this feature at the moment or time to

Bug#586427: Support for dpkg's filtering mechanism (--path-exclude/--path-include)

2014-02-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com (2014-02-25): * Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org [2014-02-25 17:38]: so if it's about configuring dpkg through dpkg.cfg.d, base-installer looks like the place to implement this. What do you think? Sounds reasonable. OK. Unfortunately, I don't have a

Bug#586427: Support for dpkg's filtering mechanism (--path-exclude/--path-include)

2010-06-19 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Package: base-installer Version: 1.107 Severity: wishlist dpkg in git has support for filtering files, i.e. a mechanism by which you can exclude certain files from being installed (e.g. /usr/share/doc, man pages). This is useful on embedded devices that don't have much storage. I believe this