Re: Bug#162120: Support #162120
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:08:38 -0700, Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org> said:
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 06:29:33PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
>> Second, propose a change to policy such that it explicitly forbid
>> the recreation of configuration files that the admin has deleted.
>> This idea was rejected by AJT before and presumably will be again.
>> However, you might be able to get the proposal accepted.
> Some packages may require a config file, in which case, I think they
> would be justified in recreating it.
Eh? Suppose I do echo "" > config file, you are going to blow
my changes away and "recreate the configuration as the package deems
fit"?
Packages ought not to rely on the configuration file to
provide sane defaults.
> Frankly, I would love it if I could see a file in /etc, and could
> know that typing "man 5 filename" will tell me what that file is and
> how it works. That may be optimistic, but it sure would be nice.
As would I, but that is another discussion.
manoj
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