Packaging: conffiles duplicates
Posted: 2013-01-23 18:34
This is a question about packaging.
So, if this is not the right place to ask, please move to a better suited forum.
If I build a package:
It throws this warning:
When I inspect the debian/packagename/DEBIAN/conffiles, it lists each config file three times while the original in debian/conffiles does not.
Luckily, the warning is ignored and the deb file is built, but I don't understand why this happens.
I have searched the net, but found only programmers sites and no explanation, let stand a solution.
So, if this is not the right place to ask, please move to a better suited forum.
If I build a package:
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dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -us -uc
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dpkg-deb: warning: conffile name 'path to config file' is duplicated
Luckily, the warning is ignored and the deb file is built, but I don't understand why this happens.
I have searched the net, but found only programmers sites and no explanation, let stand a solution.