Re: Debian Packaging Question

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

* "Michael S. Peek" 

| I am attempting to develop my own .deb packages that customize a debian
| installation for our network.  Some of my packages attempt to divert files out
| of the way in preinst before unpacking my custom files in their place.  A good
| example is autofs.  My autofs configuration package will attempt to divert
| /etc/auto.master in preinst, and unpack my own /etc/auto.master in it's place.

Be aware of the fact that diverting conffiles doesn't work.

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