Re: keeping files from one version to the other.
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 10:43:03AM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote:
> > and the user would be insane to request it... perhaps you should install
> > them to doc/crafty/examples, and use postinst to check if they should be
> > upgraded? if so, mv them to the proper location in /var.
> >
> > same thing is done for ppp's provider peer/chatscript files.
>
> But that's a policy violation (13.3)
No it isn't. They are being treated as "configuration files". Please
read that section again. This is, indeed, the best way to handle such
situations.
Julian
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