Re: section 4.7.4 is poorly worded
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 11:29:31AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> <quote>
> 4.7.4 Sharing configuration files
>
> Packages that are not tagged as conflicting with each other must not specify
> the same file as conffile.
> </quote>
>
> This is very poorly worded. The text used to read -
> <quote>
> Only packages that are tagged *conflicting* with each other may specify the same
> file as `conffile'.
> </quote>
>
> Which makes a great deal more sense.
FWIW I understood them both just fine. I think it was changed because "may"
and "must" have explicit meanings now...
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