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Re: the XFree86 packages' UCF-like approach to configuration files




On Jan 9, 2004, at 15:47, Andreas Metzler wrote:

* debconf data and the configuration in the actual file are not
  synced, as the file is not parsed. (Sucks if you don't backup
  /var/cache/debconf/config.dat)

Considering /var/cache is allowed to arbitrarily emptied by the system administrator, it shouldn't be backed up and that sounds distinctly like a bug...

Does exim4 just re-prompt if I empty /var/cache, or does it do something worse (and rc-buggy)?



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