Re: lintian and (non-)conffiles in /etc
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:53:30AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > (b) it *must not* be modified by programs (postinsts, update-*
> > programs, etc; vi, emacs, etc are fine obviously)
> Ok. Your homework assignment is to write an expect script for vi or text
> emacs, or automate xemacs, to modify a conffile in /etc. You have one week.
And you have a week to either find a precise way to phrase that that's
entirely accurate, or to stop yourself and the rest of Debian from being
more obsessed with mindless pedantry about policy than providing a useful
functional operating system.
Cheers,
aj
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