Hi Lorenzo,

Quoting Lorenzo (2023-06-06 19:07:41)

is there a way to mark a file shipped by a package so that dpkg does not remove it on package removal or purge? I need to test for and read from files that are shipped by one of my packages in postrm script, but the files are already gone at that stage..

this list is for the development of dpkg itself and not about packaging questions. You can ask the debian-mentors list or irc channel for packaging related questions.

I can also try to answer your questions privately off list, but in any case I think this sounds like an XY-question where you actually want to do something else than you are asking about. Please give more context for a better answer like:

- which package is this about?
- why do you need the files kept?
- why are you not using a prerm maintainer script?

Thanks!

cheers, josch
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