On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:48:54AM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 07:36:14PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Dec 12, Richard Atterer <deb-devel@list.atterer.net> wrote: > > >source `test -e /etc/Muttrc.local && echo /etc/Muttrc.local || echo /dev/null` > > I will accept to do such a thing only if we are going to do this for all > > programs which have a configuration file. > It has been requested for mutt. It seems (to me) a very useful > feature, and unlikely to break anyone's system (after all, it's a > conffile). Sites often have local configuration issues for mail, I can > see my admins finding this useful. It can be added to other packages > which would benefit it when someone thinks of it. The effect of having two config files for mutt (one a conffile and one locally created) is the same as having a modified conffile. But by separating this information into two files, you're doing an end-run around dpkg's normal handling of changed conffiles. That's *bad*, and encourages lots of admin-foot-shooting when one of the changes to /etc/Muttrc conflicts in strange ways with what the admin has in /etc/Muttrc.local. Debian's conffile handling isn't always the most convenient thing in the world if you do frequent upgrades to unstable, but it's there for a reason -- and it's a lot better than having the information hidden from the admin. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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