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

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Bob Hilliard wrote:
>      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.

You're missing the point. All of this is possible without making the files
be conffiles, or in the package at all. Just generate them in the postinst
if they don't exits.

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