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Re: new packages uploaded ...



On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 10:49:14PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 10:18:24PM +0100, Sven wrote:
> [...]
> > (note, it don't really is a conffile, at least i think so. It could be put
> > into /var also, akin to dpkg databases ?)
> 
> I never said this is a conffile, but a configuration file ;)
> >From §11.7.1. Definitions
>      configuration file
>           A file that affects the operation of a program, or provides site-
>           or host-specific information, or otherwise customizes the
>           behavior of a program.  Typically, configuration files are
>           intended to be modified by the system administrator (if needed or
>           desired) to conform to local policy or to provide more useful
>           site-specific behavior.
> 
> I believe that /usr/lib/ocaml/ld.conf fully follows this definition,
> but I may be wrong due to my poor knowledge of OCaml.

Well, don't know, mostly it will only be modified by packages postinst/prerm.

> You may also read §11.7.3 and §11.7.4, my understanding of these sections
> is that ocaml-base could provide an executable to add/delete directories
> in this file, this executable being called by maintainer scripts.

Yes, that would be a nice idea, will think about it.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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