Relative path in DEBIAN/conffiles

[gerdriesselmann]

When placing a file in either

src/linux/usr/share/[name]/conf/[file]

or

src/linux/etc/[path]/[file]

it gets correctly packaged, and inserted into DEBIAN/conffiles.

However the entries are missing a leading slash.

Got:

usr/share/[name]/conf/[file]
etc/[path]/[file]

Expected:

/usr/share/[name]/conf/[file]
/etc/[path]/[file]

[muuki88]

Thanks for the report. The behavior is actually intended. We map the content into the installationDirectory.

In your case this means you put your files in

src/linux/conf/[file]

If you use the JavaServerAppPackaging archetype a symlink from /etc/<packageName> to /usr/share/<packageName>/conf gets created, so no need to copy these files.

If you want to add files outside the installation folder, use the mappings or linuxPackageMappings (if you need special permissions).

See linux plugin docs and the Mappings Helper docs / scala docs

[gerdriesselmann]

Thanks for the reply!

I tried, and actually I had to place the file at

src/universal/conf/[file]

See code

Everything inside src/linux got copied to / inside the package.