[Bug 1905302] [NEW] dpkg -V should consider path-exclude/path-include

[Andreas Hasenack]

Public bug reported:

Copy of the bug filed in Debian:


I noticed that dpkg -V doesn't seem to take into account the
path-exclude configuration setting.

This config, for example:
$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes
# Drop all man pages
path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*

# Drop all translations
path-exclude=/usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo

# Drop all documentation ...
path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*

# ... except copyright files ...
path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/copyright

# ... and Debian changelogs
path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/changelog.Debian.*

A fresh sid container has a clean dpkv -V. I then create the excludes
file above, and install some packages:
# apt install man slapd
....

dpkg -V is now unhappy:
root at sid:~# dpkg -V|head
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/NEWS.Debian.gz
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/README.DB_CONFIG.gz
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/README.Debian.gz
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/TODO.Debian
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/changelog.gz
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/examples/DB_CONFIG
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/examples/slapd.backup
??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/examples/slapd.conf.gz
??5??????   /usr/share/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5.gz
??5??????   /usr/share/man/man5/slapd-config.5.gz

Since dpkg knows these files are being excluded, it should not warn
about them in the -V operation.

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: dpkg (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #975338
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=975338

** Also affects: dpkg (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=975338
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  dpkg -V should consider path-exclude/path-include

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in dpkg package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Copy of the bug filed in Debian:

  
  I noticed that dpkg -V doesn't seem to take into account the
  path-exclude configuration setting.

  This config, for example:
  $ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes
  # Drop all man pages
  path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*

  # Drop all translations
  path-exclude=/usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo

  # Drop all documentation ...
  path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*

  # ... except copyright files ...
  path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/copyright

  # ... and Debian changelogs
  path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/changelog.Debian.*

  A fresh sid container has a clean dpkv -V. I then create the excludes
  file above, and install some packages:
  # apt install man slapd
  ....

  dpkg -V is now unhappy:
  root at sid:~# dpkg -V|head
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/NEWS.Debian.gz
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/README.DB_CONFIG.gz
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/README.Debian.gz
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/TODO.Debian
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/changelog.gz
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/examples/DB_CONFIG
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/examples/slapd.backup
  ??5??????   /usr/share/doc/slapd/examples/slapd.conf.gz
  ??5??????   /usr/share/man/man5/slapd-bdb.5.gz
  ??5??????   /usr/share/man/man5/slapd-config.5.gz

  Since dpkg knows these files are being excluded, it should not warn
  about them in the -V operation.

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