2 packages sharing the same config file.

[ericvb@debian.org]

I just adopted xabacus.

It conflicts with xmabacus because both try to install
the same config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/Abacus.


Policy is really strict about this : 

11.7.4 Sharing configuration files

   Packages which specify the same file as `conffile' must be tagged as
      conflicting with each other.

Now at the moment the /etc/X11/app-defaults/Abacus file isn't tagged as 'conffile' (or is it by default ?).


Policy also states :

11.7.3 Behavior

   Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior:

        * local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade

	* configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed, and
	only deleted when the package is purged.

   The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration file a conffile. 

Any help welcome.

BTW xabacus and xmabacus are built from the same source.

-- 
Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT

Eric.VanBuggenhaut@AdValvas.be