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NAME

6       deb-conffiles - package conffiles
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SYNOPSIS

9       DEBIAN/conffiles
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DESCRIPTION

12       A package declares its list of conffiles by including a conffiles file
13       in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/conffiles during package creation).
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15       This file contains a list of files, one per line, with an optional
16       leading flag separated by whitespace.  The conffiles must be listed as
17       absolute pathnames.  Trailing whitespace will be trimmed, but empty or
18       whitespace-only lines are not accepted.
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20       Files without a flag should exist in the binary package, otherwise
21       dpkg(1) will ignore them.
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23       There is currently only one flag supported, remove-on-upgrade, to mark
24       that a conffile needs to be removed on the next upgrade (since dpkg
25       1.20.6).  These files must not exist in the binary package, as both
26       dpkg(1) and dpkg-deb(1) will not accept building nor processing such
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EXAMPLE

30        /etc/alternatives/README
31        /etc/cron.daily/dpkg
32        /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg
33        /etc/logrotate.d/dpkg
34        remove-on-upgrade /etc/some-old-file.conf
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SEE ALSO

37       dpkg-deb(1), dpkg(1).
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