Re: Configuration by using local packages

To: brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Configuration by using local packages
From: "W. Borgert" <debacle@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:30:47 +0000
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Hi,

> But if you update the local package it silently overwrites changes.
>
> Using ucf seems better but its still a dirty hack.

My understanding of ucf is, that the "original" package has
already to use it to make it work.  Example: I have a local
configuration of NIS, so I install the Debian nis package
and my nis-local package, that overwrites /etc/yp.something
- can I use ucf for this in nis-local, even if the Debian
nis package does not use it?

So, what is the best way to handle this?

Cheers,
-- 
W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org>, http://people.debian.org/~debacle/

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