Package: dpkg
Version: 1.19.7
Dear Maintainers,
The "path-exclude" and "path-include" configurations in
"/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include" are not taken into
account on package removals.
To reproduce you can for example:
- Install the package "xfwm4".
- Add "path-exclude /usr/share/themes/*" to
"/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include".
- Remove or reinstall the package "xfwm4".
- See that "xfwm4" themes in "/usr/share/themes/*" are gone.
This is obviously problematic when one wants to modify some files from a
given package while preserving their names/paths. Then any update,
reinstall or removal of the given package removes also the customized
files even if those files are excluded using the "path-exclude"
configurations in "/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/00path-exclude-and-include".
Currently I need to use custom workaround scripts to periodically
restore the such modifications and try to minimize such modifications,
but still it would be nice if the current "path-exclude" and
"path-include" mechanisms could be improved in this regard.
Regards,
Bakhelit
