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Prefer absolute paths for latest compatibility #171
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As reported here: nickbabcock/dness#278 installing a package with relative paths will fail on ubuntu 21.04 with the following error message ``` dpkg: error processing archive latest.deb (--install): conffile name 'etc/dness/dness.conf' is not an absolute pathname ``` This appears to be a relative recent change to dpkg: https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-dpkg-cvs@lists.debian.org/msg07446.html This commit changes all references that are relative paths to absolute paths.
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This changes only the input, but doesn't fix existing packages that used paths without the leading slash. How about changing the code to add the slash if it's missing? |
This was referenced Apr 28, 2021
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As reported here: nickbabcock/dness#278
installing a package with relative paths will fail on ubuntu 21.04 with
the following error message
This appears to be a relative recent change to dpkg:
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-dpkg-cvs@lists.debian.org/msg07446.html
This commit changes all references that are relative paths to absolute
paths which allows the built package to be installable on 21.04