Re: nsswitch.conf
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007, Brian May wrote:
> Loïc> #406198 is about reverting the changes it does to
> Loïc> nsswitch.conf on removal, not about not updating
> Loïc> nsswitch.conf, but yes, libnss-mdns edits the conffile of
> Loïc> another package.
> Packages shouldn't be editing conffiles (as opposed to configuration
> files that are not conffiles), period. This is against policy. It
> results in conflicts occurring the next time the package updates the
> file.
>
> However, it is listed as "obsolete", so I suspect this means it is no
> longer a conffile:
Yes, this is what I stated in the next paragraph of my reply:
"nsswitch.conf isn't a conffile since [base-files] 3.1.11", but this is
obviously clear for both of us now.
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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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