Re: LSB package for Debian: final(?) release candidate

[Tollef Fog Heen <tollef@add.no>]

* Steve Langasek 

| Hmm, but one of our two primary recommended methods of handling 
| configuration files in native packages is by copying the files to /etc 
| in the postinst.  If /etc/opt is not guaranteed to be installed by 
| default, then any lsb packages would be unable to take advantage of this 
| approach.

The either ship the dir in the package, or have something like

[ -d /etc/opt ] || mkdir -p /etc/opt

in the postinst

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