On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:50:24PM -0400, David N Kordonowy wrote: > Well, I suppose I thought that xserver-xfree86 would change the debconf > section that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 pointed to (in this case > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.sun), and not erase the link and replace it with a > new file. Is this policy part of debconf? It is the "dexconf" command that does this. I'm not sure Debian Policy is clear on what to do with non-conffile configuration files that have been changed to symlinks by the administrator. Blindly following symlinks can be very bad. -- G. Branden Robinson | You live and learn. Debian GNU/Linux | Or you don't live long. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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