Re: ITC: dpkg-sysconfig
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:15:24PM +0200, Roland Mas wrote:
> Ola Lundqvist (2001-08-27 14:03:29 +0200) :
>
> > Well almost. A package that can help someone to install things
> > to /etc (and other places).
> >
> > Ie:
> >
> > * You create a package:
> > host-foo.deb
> >
> > * This package install things to /usr/share/systemdir in a special
> > way.
> >
> > * The script is automaticly invoked on installation and the data
> > in that dir is used to configure your system.
>
> Maybe I misunderstood, but that looks like a registry to me. You're
> storing info in some central shared place, and using this info to
> configure the applications afterwards. I'm OK with it, but I guess
> there was a reason for the debconf-is-not-a-registry error in lintian.
As I have understood it the registry issue was that the package maintainer
should not tell the administrator how to configure the system. But in this
case it is the system administrator that creates the package. :)
But of course I can be mistaken.
Just to make it clear. No user contributed configuration packages
should ever be uploaded to debian. They should be created by
the administrator and maintained by him or her. :)
Regards,
// Ola
> Roland.
> --
> Roland Mas
>
> Using a big hammer without caution can cause big damage.
> -- PostgreSQL documentation, chapter 42
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