Bug#61308: PROPOSAL] Initializing databases by using conffiles.
Santiago Vila wrote:
> I also think this proposal should not be needed, but considering that
> nobody managed so far to convince the mime-support maintainer that
> /etc/mailcap being a conffile is really bad, it seems it is.
Perhaps that's because (Slink) policy says:
4.7. Configuration files
------------------------
Any configuration files created or used by your package should reside
in `/etc'. If there are several you should consider creating a
subdirectory named after your package.
It is almost certain that any file in `/etc' that is in your package's
file system archive should be listed in `dpkg''s `conffiles' control
area file. (See the _Debian Packaging Manual_).
That wording should be cleared up if it still exists.
Peter
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