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

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@flinet.com>]

     I believe that part of policy was put in for a purpose, and I
think it has legitimate uses.  A developer who uses it must be careful
to avoid harmful consequences, but in some cases it is necessary to
avoid disrupting messages during installation, and to avoid user
surprise.

Bob

Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:

> 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Unless I'm confused, this bit of policy is broken. Conffiles should not be
> modified by packages. I think we should probably remove "has to list the
> file as conffile'" from the first paragraph. I propose we do so (if I need
> to file a bug report or something with this proposal, let me know, I'm
> unsure how our new system for policy modifications works).
> 
> -- 
> see shy jo
> 
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