Re: Bug#132621: debian-policy: /etc/init.d _must_ be conffiles (not should)
>>"Josip" == Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> writes:
Josip> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 11:55:47AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> 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.
Josip> I don't actually see what's in contradiction?
The fact that policy says that init.d scripts _should_ be
marked as a conffile, and later specifying that loca changes _must_
be preserved.
manoj
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