Re: to conffile or not to conffile
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote:
> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just
> link it to the right file.
> Warren
Why/how would that help?
Julian
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 10:46:52PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote:
> > I'm packaging my own program (http://www.lickey.com/flipit/) and have a
> > question about configuration files.
> >
> > Section 11.7.3 of the Debian Policy Manual states that the configuration
> > files in /etc must be left alone by the maintainer scripts if it is
> > marked a conffile:
> >
> > The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration
> > file a conffile. This is appropriate only if it is possible to
> > distribute a default version that will work for most installations,
> > although some system administrators may choose to modify it. This
> > implies that the default version will be part of the package
> > distribution, and must not be modified by the maintainer scripts
> > during installation (or at any other time).
> >
> > So I'm left in a situation where:
> >
> > - Policy forbids me from editing the /etc/flipit.conf if I mark it a
> > conffile.
> > - The program won't work if /etc/flipit.conf isn't edited.
> > - I really do want to make it a conffile, so the user is notified of
> > future options.
> > - I really do want to ask the user what serial port to use when the
> > thing is installed.
> >
> > How do I best resolve this paradox?
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