Bug#67645: marked as done (base: /etc/environment isn't owned by any packages)
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From: Peter Novodvorsky <petya@logic.ru>
Subject: base: /etc/environment isn't owned by any packages
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Hello!
File /etc/environment isn't owned by any package and so it cannot be upgraded.
I think it should be included in base-files because it is installed with
boot-floppies during of system installation.
Thanks,
Peter.
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To: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>
Cc: 67645-done@bugs.debian.org, Peter Novodvorsky <petya@logic.ru>
Subject: Re: Bug#67645: base: /etc/environment isn't owned by any packages
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From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
Date: 14 Aug 2000 17:56:34 -0400
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Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Peter Novodvorsky wrote:
>
> > Package: base
> > Version: 20000724
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > File /etc/environment isn't owned by any package and so it cannot be
> > upgraded.
>
> /etc/environment is a text file so it can be "upgraded" by using any text
> editor, like emacs, etc.
>
> There is no requirement in policy that every file has to "belong" to a
> given package, so this is not a bug.
Agreed. Closing.
> If the boot-floppies team asks me so, I would gladly include a default
> /etc/environment in base-files, but it would be treated like
> /root/.profile or /root/.bashrc, i.e. the user will never be prompted
> about it in any way.
I don't really see the benefit to that.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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