Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5] tools: Fix and improve make debball

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fabio Fantoni writes ("[PATCH v5] tools: Fix and improve make debball"):
> - Remove version from installed package name for correct update
> - Add conffiles to manage main config files on package update
> - Added on description that this make a build for testing only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@xxxxxxx>

I haven't tested this but it looks like an improvement to me.

Ian/George, do you object to this change ?

The effects of marking the files in /etc/ as conffiles are that
 - when installing this .deb, it won't unconditionally overwrite
   any existing configuration without prompting
 - when removing it, if you want to remove the config files, you
   need to use --purge rather than just --remove
I think this is a useful improvement and makes the debball less
hazardous.

If you don't object to the principle then I will test this and inspect
the .deb to make sure it has the desired contents.

Ian.

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