Bug#132621: debian-policy: /etc/init.d _must_ be conffiles (not should)
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.6.0
Severity: normal
>>"Josip" == Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> writes:
Josip> This is actually an RC bug, because if one doesn't mark an
Josip> init.d script as conffile and doesn't install it manually from
Josip> postinst, they let dpkg happily overwrite it on each upgrade
Josip> and thus break the following rule:
>> Configuration file handling must conform to the following behavior:
>> * local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade, and
>> * configuration files must be preserved when the package is
>> removed, and only deleted when the package is purged.
Policy should be changed to remove this apparent contradiction.
manoj
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux glaurung 2.4.17 #1 Fri Dec 21 21:06:24 CST 2001 i586
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages debian-policy depends on:
ii fileutils 4.1-9 GNU file management utilities.
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