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Re: the netbase/inetd conspiracy



On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:25:19PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
> > What it really needs is for someone to give a good reason why randomly
> > deleting config files of installed packages is the best way to go about
> > things, and should be supported.
> Huh?  Seems more rational to me to add a sentence to the policy manual
> clarifying the current practice.

"Some configuration files can be deleted without breaking things, others
can't be. Some configuration files when deleted will be reinstated on
upgrade, others won't be." ? Doesn't seem particularly useful to me.

Cheers,
aj

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