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Re: imp blows away hand-edited changes in /etc/imp/defaults.php3



Craig Sanders wrote:
> this bug highlights a very serious flaw in debconf - not in the design,
> but in the manner in which it can be misused by a package maintainer.
> blowing away custom edits is evil and should be forbidden by policy.

Imp should read in those defaults and use them for the debconf defaults. I
know some packages go out of their way to do that.

-- 
see shy jo


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