Re: the netbase/inetd conspiracy
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> I have no idea whether we should regard deletion of a config file as a
> configuration to be preserved or not--I can see good arguments both
> ways.
I happen to have choosen a side on this issue, but you're right.
> I do think that policy and practice should match, however. I don't
> have any strong opinions about which we change.
The whole problem is that practice HAS both camps. All proper conffiles and
some config files managed by postinst understand deleted as a proper state.
While some config files managed by postinst don't.
This is inconsistent behaviour, and it is bad.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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