Re: dpkg config files in /etc ?

["Thomas Gebhardt" <gebhardt@HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE>]

Hi,

> > But the package manager stores its configuration (access method,
> > list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why?
> 
> Configuration goes in /etc, state goes in /var.

Ok.

So the information about the configured access method and the list
of selected packages should be stored in /etc. The information about
the packages that are actually installed/available should be found
in /var.

And "debian_version" should go to /var.

Am I right?

Thomas