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Bug#209395: teTeX: language.dat mislinked



On 18.10.03 Atsuhito Kohda (kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp) wrote:
> From: Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>
> Subject: Bug#209395: teTeX: language.dat mislinked
> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:29:16 +0200

Hi,

> > I generally I think it is a better idea to have config files,
> > which are not completely generated out of others, in /etc. e.g.
> > XF86Config can be handeled using debconfig but is sitting anyway
> > in /etc.
> 
> This is very delicate and I doubt policy permits that kind 
> of config files.  The latest xserver changed its handling of 
> XF86Config as far as I know.
> 
Sorry, for reacting that late! I've still problems with that answer.
I can't find a place in the policy, which forbids me to put files,
which were modified/created using debconf, into /etc.
As far as I understand debconf is a tool to create a basic
configuration file during install, which puts some life into the
installed package. It does not forbid to fine tune the configuration
file afterwards. If this is correct, IMHO the file has to be in /etc,
as it was manually manipulated. Datas in /var/cache/debconf are
rather sitting in a cache, to help you during installing/upgrading
the package next time. It is not comparable to a configuration. So
the settings in language should be found anywhere in /etc.
Another thing is the new handling of texmf.cnf, fmt.cnf and
updmap.cfg, as they are generated out of files sitting in /etc.

> tetex-bin (2.0.2-4) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   * Fixed update-* scripts, postinst etc. so that they could preserve user
>     midifications.  [kohda]  (Closes: #189370)
> (snip)
>  -- Atsuhito KOHDA <kohda@debian.org>  Sat, 31 May 2003 20:28:15 +0900
> 
> I think it is safe to put language.dat under /var in a 
> standard installation.
> 
I disagree.

Hilmar 
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