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Bug#996791: dpkg-repack: error: conffile '... newconffile' does not appear in package

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Jakub Wilk

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Oct 18, 2021, 3:20:03 PM10/18/21
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Package: dpkg-repack
Version: 1.47

dpkg-repack can't repack packages that have conffiles with the
remove-on-upgrade flag, such as apt_2.3.9:

# dpkg -s apt | grep Conffiles: -A1
Conffiles:
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20changelog newconffile remove-on-upgrade

# dpkg-repack apt
dpkg-deb: error: conffile '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20changelog newconffile' does not appear in package
dpkg-repack: error: dpkg-deb --build dpkg-repack.apt.kaqEOJ . subprocess returned exit status 2
dpkg-repack: warning: problems found processing apt, the package may be broken


-- System Information:
Architecture: i386

Versions of packages dpkg-repack depends on:
ii perl 5.32.1-6
ii libdpkg-perl 1.20.9

Versions of packages dpkg-repack suggests:
ii fakeroot 1.26-1

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Jakub Wilk
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