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Re: lintian and (non-)conffiles in /etc



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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