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Re: How many times run debian/config?



On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 02:10:47PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Andreas Metzler <ametzler@logic.univie.ac.at> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:09:39PM +0200, Fabio Tranchitella wrote:

> >> so I have to check if conffiles have already been unpacked
> >> before trying to modify them. 
> > [...]

> > /Usually/ you should not _modify_ any files in the config script. -
> 
> One _must_not_ modify any conffile in a maintainer script! 
> conffile != "configuration file"

I usually use "dpkg conffile" and "configuration file", I assumed
Fabio's "conffile" was refereing to "configuration file" and not "dpkg
conffile". - I should have made this clear, though.
              cu andreas



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