Re: use and abuse of debconf
Julian Gilbey wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:04:42AM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
>> While I support your general case, the use of this particular example does
>> not help it. Presumably this file (besides containing the above warning
>> line) is not marked as a conffile, so the maintainer should have the right
>> to modify it. Of course, if it is a conffile, the warning is inappropriat
>e.
>
>No, no, no! Read the section on configuration files in policy, in
>particular 4.7.3. Configuration files need not be conffiles, but
>must nevertheless not be modified by package upgrades.
I see; I had forgotten that bit. Sorry!
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