Re: Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases
sanvila@unex.es (Santiago Vila) wrote on 15.01.99 in <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.990115142935.3027A-100000@cantor.unex.es>:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> > Santiago Vila writes ("Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about
> > /etc/aliases"): ...
> > > Policy says:
> > >
> > > "A package may not modify a configuration file of another package."
> >
> > Why don't we change this to:
> >
> > A package may not modify a configuration file of another package,
> > except by arrangement (with that package or by policy).
> >
> > Anything else would clearly be silly.
>
> Well, some people (Manoj?) told me that the real meaning of the above
> paragraph was "a package may not modify a *conffile* of another package",
> i.e. that this does only apply to conffiles in the dpkg sense.
Except for conffiles, the rule ought to say "a package may not modify a
conffile" - not even its own.
Remember, the reason is to avoid dpkg asking people about conffile changes
they know nothing about.
MfG Kai
Reply to: