Re: conffiles versus configuration files
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On 31 May 1998, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> >>>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
>
> Santiago> Mmm, do you mean, for example, that /etc/init.d/*
> Santiago> scripts are not configuration files, because they are
> Santiago> actually scripts (i.e. programs, not files that contain
> Santiago> data)?
>
> Santiago> [ Please, note that I'm not objecting being them
> Santiago> conffiles ].
>
> I think many of them *should* be in the conffiles list.
Please, note that this is already policy [ I do not propose to change
the policy in this ].
However, I am still a little bit confused by the fact that people still
call them "configuration files". Is any sh-script a configuration file
for the /bin/sh program?
Well, perhaps this is just a semantic issue that does not worth to be
discussed, really.
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