Bug#412668: debian-policy: extended 10.7 to other forms of configuration (e.g. symlinks)
On 2007-02-27 16:37:21 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Policy requires that packages preserve local changes to
> *configuration files*. What you're asking for is that packages be
> required unconditionally to preserve *application behavior*.
No, this is not what I'm asking for. I really mean configuration
(as long as the option exists and has the same meaning, of course).
> In the case of bug #412159 I agree it's a bug to delete a symlink
> that the user has created by hand.
Note that the symlink status wasn't changed by hand, but via debconf,
when I changed the local configuration with dpkg-reconfigure.
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