Re: New package
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 01:14:41AM -0500, Chris AtLee wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 19:30, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 11:41:07AM -0500, Chris AtLee wrote:
> > > E: alarm-applet: file-in-usr-marked-as-conffile
> > > /usr/share/applets/Clocks/alarm_applet.desktop
> >
> > Policy section 11.7 says "Any configuration files created or used by
> > your package must reside in /etc." If you need the file to be accessible
> > from its current location as well, make a symlink.
>
> Ok...So why does gnome-applets put stuff into /usr/share/applets? Or do
> those files not count as configuration files?
It doesn't mark them as dpkg-handled conffiles, at least. I don't know
if it treats them as configuration files in some other way.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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