Re: debhelper v2

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Joey Hess wrote:
> Edward Betts wrote:
> > Do it automatically, if it has not already been done manually and have an
> > option to turn it off.
> > 
> > All files in /etc/init.d must be conf files. So they can not be changed by a
> > postinst script. If you have settings that are set in a script, they go in a
> > seperate conf file that is sourced by the init.d script.
> 
> Ok, init.d script were a bad idea (I think that policy is flawed, btw.
                               ^^^^ example, not idea.
> Policy allows in general for files in /etc to not be registed as conffiles
> if you offer an interface to allow modifications to them).
> 
> A better example is using dh_installmodules to stick a module fragment in
> /etc/modutils/, or using dh_installmenu to stick a menu-method file in
> /etc/menu-methods/. In either of these cases, policy allows the file to not
> be a conffile, if you have an interface to let it be modified.

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