Bug#64914: none

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmul.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#64914: none
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:53:23 +0000

> > > They are in /etc, so they'll have to be configuration files, I guess.
> > 
> > Yes if they are shipped as real files.  But no if 10jadetex.cnf
> > is generated with postinst like (only for example);
> 
> Please reread policy section 11.7: a conffile is shipped as a normal
> file and is marked as a conffile for dpkg to handle.  A configuration
> file has to be handled by maintainer scripts and sysadmin changes must
> be preserved.

Ah, sorry I overlooked your phrase "configuration files"
and misread it as if it were "conffiles".

I understand now your point.

> > I guess if 05jadetex is created by the postinst and not a
> > real file then it can be handled more simply as above.
> 
> Not really :-(

I misunderstood this point completely.  I thought that a 
configuration file generated with postinst could be handled 
freely at any time in any way but the policy said clearly;

     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.

Thanks for your clarification.

Note only one point that update-fmtutil reads only 
/etc/texmf/fmt.d/*.cnf so renaming 05jadetex.ignore
will be sufficient anyway.

From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore-devel.com>
Subject: Bug#64914: none
Date: 21 Mar 2002 18:31:08 -0500

> Look, it's really no problem to handle non-conffiles in /etc/ (e.g.,
> copied) by the maintainer scripts.  So don't worry about it...  Just
> get those changes in tetex in the easiest practical way and don't
> worry too much about me.

Yes, yes, I belive you.  I only want to share the consistent
understanding on this issue.  Sorry for my noise ;-)

# I believe that fixed tetex-bin is in a final step.

Best regards,		      2002.3.22

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