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Re: /etc/ question



>> Problem is, you can only declare a conffile if it is in your package. So you
>> new package has /etc/package/foo and it used to be /etc/foo.  What happens
>> to
>> /etc/foo?  What happens to its configuration changes the admin made?
> 
> Let's just move conffiles to the new location then... I have seen it in
> sendmail and other packages.
> 
> But, anyway... is it really a good idea? 
> 

how will this affect current users of your package?  when they upgrade, will
they lose all of their old settings?



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