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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:02:00 +0200
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Subject: Re: Does an apk feature exist similar to deb's dpkg-divert or
 pacman.conf's NoExtract?
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From: "alice" <alice@ayaya.dev>
To: "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>,
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On Mon Jun 5, 2023 at 11:57 AM CEST, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does Alpine provide a feature similar to either (Debian/Ubuntu...) deb's
>
>    dpkg-divert

no

>
> or (Arch) pacman.conf's
>
>    NoExtract

no

>
> ? In other words, can you install packages and exclude certain files in
> the packages from the installation, like with pacman.conf's NoExtract,
> or can certain files at least be installed in a different path and/or
> with a different name, like dpkg-divert allows?
>
> The .desktop files in /usr/local/share/applications/ or
> $HOME/.local/share/applications/ in some cases don't override .desktop
> files in /usr/share/applications/. This is one of the reasons to
> _permanently_ get rid of some files owned by packages, even when
> upgrading/reinstalling a package.
>
> Maybe a workaround by making an edited .desktop file immutable by
> running chattr might cause issues, if apk tries to remove or overwrite
> it, but even if it shouldn't cause issues, I'm in favour of doing it not
> like that.
>
> IIUC it is possible to protect paths by /etc/apk/protected_paths.d/, but
> not certain files.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf