Re: lintian and (non-)conffiles in /etc

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net>
Subject: Re: lintian and (non-)conffiles in /etc
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:43:01 -0900

> > > Policy does not require files in /etc to be marked as conffiles.  When I
> > 
> > Agreed.  Then don't you think that the lintian' message is
> > inappropriate?
> 
> no, /etc files shipped IN the package, must be conffiles, no
> question.  

Okay, then the statement of policy is inappropriate, IMHO.

My main point is only that the statement of policy and
the message of lintian are not consistent.

Best regards,		   2001.11.14

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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
 Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.