Re: lintian and (non-)conffiles in /etc
Adam Heath (2001-11-13 02:53:30 -0600) :
> 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.
There are already examples of such scripts available, especially in
packages of mine (although I did not write the stuff myself). No need
to expect anything, vi is basically ed and ed is scriptable through
STDIN.
Roland.
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