Re: conffiles versus configuration files

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Santiago Vila writes ("Re: conffiles versus configuration files"):
...
> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > I mean that just because X is a conffile doesn't necessarily imply
> > that X is a configuration file, or vice versa.
> 
> Could you please tell us some examples of conffiles not being
> configuration files, just to make it clearer?

I can't think of any offhand, but I want to leave the possibility
open.

For example, at some point there will probably be a `local conffiles'
mechanism whereby you can mark any file as a conffile, as an
alternative to dpkg-divert.

Ian.


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