Re: Moving conffiles between packages, redux
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:23:40 +1100, Robert Collins
<robertc@robertcollins.net> said:
> On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 23:04 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
>> Fortunately, all of this is only necessary for upgrades from sarge
>> to etch, and once we can expect everyone to have etch's dpkg
>> installed we can move conffiles between packages more or less like
>> any other files.
> is it possible/useful to generate a dh_ command to facilitate this?
> Rather than everyone needing to end up encoding the same logic with
> minute variations ?
How often do you think this shall be needed in this release
cycle? Writing a general purpose dh_tool, and getting it tested, is
not a simple task (though of course, if you feel the need to scratch
that itch, far be it for me to stop you).
manoj
--
Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and
the instruction afterward.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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