On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 10:52:09AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> > Subject: Re: lintian and (non-)conffiles in /etc > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:43:01 -0900 > > > > > Policy does not require files in /etc to be marked as conffiles. When I > > > > > > Agreed. Then don't you think that the lintian' message is > > > inappropriate? > > > > no, /etc files shipped IN the package, must be conffiles, no > > question. > > Okay, then the statement of policy is inappropriate, IMHO. > > My main point is only that the statement of policy and > the message of lintian are not consistent. no i think you are missing the difference between configuraton files and conffiles. they are not the same thing, and are not interchangable terms. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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