On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:10:02 +0200 Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> wrote: > On 09/17/2012 12:49 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:59:44AM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > >> On 09/17/2012 11:56 AM, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > >>> Modifying conffiles is forbidden by policy 10.7.3 > >> Well, conffiles are sometimes modified due to the result of asking > >> questions with debconf - at least the md5sum might change, although the > >> content stays the same with debconf priority=high. Are you sure you > >> didn't find such things? > > > > If you modify conffiles through debconf config scripts, your package is RC > > buggy. See also [1]. > > So we shall drop things like automatic configuration of postfix? It > actually even asks the user if the config file should be modified. That > is just one example of a lot others that jump into my mind. Simple solution I use is to have a conffile which is a foo.conf.sample and not package foo.conf which is generated in the postinst from the debconf question and it is this file which is used by the package, not the .sample. Otherwise, there's little point having debconf. The point is not to modify / delete a file listed under dpkg -s or dpkg -L but to create a new file based on content read from those files. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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