On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:43:09PM +0100, Klaus Reimer wrote:
> I am planning to package a software which is a PHP module. The Author has
> already created an unofficial debian package and I want to maintain this
> package and include it into debian. The package is currently asking three
> questions in postinst, to do the following things:
>
> 1. Add extension-entry in php.ini
> 2. Add an alias-entry in apache's httpd.conf
> 3. Restart apache
>
> prerm ist asking to do the following
>
> 1. Remove extension-entry from php.ini
> 2. Remove alias-entry in apache's httpd.conf
> 3. Restart apache.
you can't do this!
see 4.7.* policy:
...
The maintainer scripts should not alter the conffile of _any_
package, including the one the scripts belong to.
...
describe the changes in php.ini and httpd.conf in README.Debian and
the systemadmin will add your changes (or not).
Gruss
Grisu
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