Re: to stop the thread over conffiles...
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 07:38:02AM +0200, Norbert Nemec wrote:
> Sorry, I disregard that subject line - in agree with that solution except for
> one detail:
>
> As a sysad, I do not like to edit anything beneath /usr by hand (exception:
> /usr/local) up to now, the only reason to ever do such a thing was to workaround
> bugs until a new debian-package came out. Usually, in backing up a complete
> system, I regard it to be completely restorable with only the original packages
> at hand and a backup of everything except /usr. (again, /usr/local is the
> exception) No idea whether that idea is compliant with the policy, but up to
> now, it has always worked.
>
> Therefore, the correct place for the system wide override directory should be
> /etc/kde/{applnk,mimelnk,servcises,servicetypes} which might well be empty by
> default. Actually, I believe having both /usr/share/kde/applnk and
> /usr/share/applnk with different meaning would cause a lot of confusion. IMO,
> the second option should be dropped and replaced by a /etc/kde/applnk (empty by
> default)
then edit /etc/kderc and put them where you want.
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