Re: Connffiles?

[Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>]

'Michael Meskes wrote:'
>
>Could anyone please tell me if files in /etc/init.d generally qulify as
>conffiles? I just saw that some packages have these file as conffiles but in
>general I don't think they should be. As long as there is no need for a user
>to change that file it doesn't have to be a conffile I assume.

Before reading your message I thought they /had/ to be conffiles.  Now
I think that in general they will be, but not necessarily so.  Consider
the case where I choose to call the program with site-specific
command-line options, for instance.  Some deamon/startup program that
offers NO CL options may not need conffile status, I suppose.  I think
the assumpion that there is "no need" to change the file is too weak.

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