Re: Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@flinet.com>]

Adam Di Carlo <apharris@burrito.onshore.com> writes:

> > If "do not modify a configuration file of another package" is just a
> > general rule, it should be clear how many exceptions to the rule are
> > there.
> 
> There are no exceptions.

     I think there is at least one exception:

     (from version 2.5.0.0 of the Policy Manual
    
4.7. Configuration files
------------------------

               *         *         *         *

     If two or more packages use the same configuration file, one of these
     packages has to be defined as _owner_ of the configuration file, i.e.,
     it has to list the file as `conffile' and has to provide a program
     that modifies the configuration file.

     The other packages have to depend on the _owner_ package and use that
     program to update the configuration file.

               *         *         *         *

Bob
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