Re: conffile location
Sorry for not following up on this sooner. I ran into some indications
that my system might have been tampered with, so I decided that the
only safe option was to take it off of the net for a few days and
reinstall/configure everything. Oh well... I'd been meaning to dig a
bit deeper into security issues for awhile (I wasn't intending it to be
under these circumstances, tho).
On to the topic at hand, however... I think I'm going to leave
apt-move.conf where it is for the time being. When version 4.0 (the
Perl rewrite) is released, I'll check with the apt team and if they
don't object I'll probably move it under /etc/apt at that time. It
should come much closer to handling what apt-get can give it at that
time (arbitrary number of mirrors, etc.).
Thanx to everyone for your input!
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:58:13PM -0600, Gregory T. Norris wrote:
> I maintain the apt-move package, which has the single conffile
> /etc/apt-move.conf. Recently I've received a wishlist bugreport
> (51507), plus a few private email requests from other individuals, to
> have it moved under /etc/apt. I certainly understand the reasoning
> behind the request, but if I understand the policy manual correctly it
> requires that standalone conffiles be located directly in /etc.
>
> I'd appreciate hearing your opinions on this... Am I being too strict
> in my interpretation of policy? Or is the current placement correct?
>
> Thanx!
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