feat(build): supports cleanup of rpm/deb residual files after uninstall #12162
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Summary
when installing Kong via rpm/deb and then removing it, there may be residual files and directories left in the system from the installation. The current commit supports cleaning up these leftover files through postremove.
For reviewers:
current situation: after removing Kong, some installation files of Kong will remain:
because these files in the folder are not tracked by the package manager.
after this PR modification, the following folders will be tracked by the package manager. If Kong is removed, the files imported during the installation of Kong from these folders will also be deleted. Unrelated files to Kong will not be deleted, it is safe:
after removing nginx, some files have been retained because:
/home/kong
etc/nginx
directory, so we do not need to delete/etc/kong
Local manual verification
rhel
ubuntu
Checklist
changelog/unreleased/kong
orskip-changelog
label added on PR if changelog is unnecessary. README.mdIssue reference
Fix FTI-5553