Re: to conffile or not to conffile
Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
> 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
Then /etc/flipit.conf could just always have /dev/flipit, and the
package's maintainer scripts would control where /dev/flipit pointed
to.
>> 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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