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Bug#23712: Bug#163183: Bug#23712: conflicting packages with the same conffile



On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 
> >> +	  <p>
> >> +	    A package that declares the same <tt>conffile</tt> as another,
> >> +	    conflicting package may see left-over configuration files from
> >> +	    that other package.
> 
> > EPARSE on this sentence, it looks like some words are missing.
> 
> Hm.  All the words that I had intended to be there are there.  I clearly
> need to rephrase it somehow, though, if it's not clear.  How about:
> 
>     When two packages both declare the same <tt>conffile</tt>, they may
>     see left-over configuration files from each other even though they
>     conflict with each other.

I was confused by the comma. I supposed it was meant to split the whole
sentence...

But the second wording is better IMO.

Cheers,
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