Re: Preserve files on .deb uninstall

2012-08-07 Thread Josh Kelley
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 07 aug 12, 11:10:41, Josh Kelley wrote: > > > > * Mark the files as conffiles - Not what I'd want in this case, because > the > > files aren't configuration files and should be automatically upgraded > when > > packages are upgraded, I

Re: Preserve files on .deb uninstall

2012-08-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 07 aug 12, 11:10:41, Josh Kelley wrote: > > * Mark the files as conffiles - Not what I'd want in this case, because the > files aren't configuration files and should be automatically upgraded when > packages are upgraded, I just don't want them automatically deleted when > packages are remo

Preserve files on .deb uninstall

2012-08-07 Thread Josh Kelley
I have a bit of an odd question. I have several systems that have been depending on manually installed files, and I'd like to add those files to .debs that I maintain so that they'll be properly tracked. However, to avoid breaking these systems by removing these files, I'd like for the files to b