Re: /etc/mailname

To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: /etc/mailname
From: brian@debian.org (Brian Mays)
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:51:31 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 20020326165131.83C94DF70@ariel.local.net>
In-reply-to: Message from schizo@debian.org (Clint Adams) of "Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:43:15 GMT." <[🔎] 20020326163233.GA31628@dman.com>
References: <[🔎] 20020325221422.GM1853@ufies.org> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.44.0203260033020.22481-100000@home.unex.es> <[🔎] 20020325235721.GN1853@ufies.org> <[🔎] 20020326135249.GC8211@cibalia.gkvk.hr> <[🔎] 20020326162227.GA10880@localhost> <[🔎] 20020326163233.GA31628@dman.com>

> > I would said : what is it with "NOT owning stuff"? Why not a package
> > like the proposed mta-common ?

Clint Adams wrote:

> What is lacking is a mechanism for packages to declare ownership on
> generated files.

More immediately, what is lacking is a man page for /etc/mailname.  Note
that pages supplied for other "unowned" configuration files, such as
/etc/group.

- Brian

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