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authorNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2018-08-09 10:21:47 +0000
committerNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2018-08-09 10:21:47 +0000
commitceae4f876de3351573becaafd7136fc5290541f3 (patch)
treeed8571a1920f6df808971b1ffd64937d48706b59 /debhelper.pod
parent76363674a3221394985cec840c8ebfe25aede920 (diff)
downloaddebhelper-ceae4f876de3351573becaafd7136fc5290541f3.tar.gz
dh_installdeb: Ignore debian/*.conffiles [c12]
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
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@@ -862,6 +862,13 @@ via the following example:
Note the B<--> before the B<--libexecdir> parameter.
+=item -
+
+The B<dh_installdeb> tool no longer installs the maintainer provided
+F<conffiles> file. The file has mostly been obsolete since
+compatibility level 3, where B<dh_installdeb> began to automatically
+compute the resulting F<conffiles> control file.
+
=back
=back