FAQ:Managed and Umanaged Files in Conary
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| Question: What is the difference between Managed and Unmanaged files in Conary? | ||
Answer: A managed file is one that conary knows about, i.e., it's part of a trove installed on your system. An unmanaged file is one that conary does not know about. This is a file that is not a part of a trove installed on your system.
To find out if a file is managed:
conary q --path /path/to/some/file
if this command returns a trove name, then it's a managed file. By default conary will not replace an unmanaged file during an update, unless you have specified --replace-unmanaged-files in your update command.
If you have a file that you would like to be initially included in a trove but not part of subsequent updates, use the following syntax inside your recipe:
r.InitialContents('/path/to/file')