Re: Connffiles?
Chris Fearnley writes ("Re: Connffiles?"):
> '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.
Files in /etc/init.d should generally be conffiles, so that the user
can edit them. It's hard to tell in advance which ones the user will
need to edit.
Conffile processing is not terribly slow, so you don't lose much by
doing this.
Ian.
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