Bug#320074: old config files in /etc

[Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@web.de>]

Frank Küster wrote:
> Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
>> Frank Küster wrote:
>>> Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/config
>>> 
>>> This is still accessible:
>>> 
>>> $ ll /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 18
>>> 2005-07-26 11:58 /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config -> 
>>> /etc/texmf/dvipdfm
>> 
>> Why is it not owned by any package then?
> 
> It isn't a conffile, it is handled by maintainer scripts (actually by
> ucf).
> 
> $ grep dvipdfm/config /var/lib/ucf/hashfile 
> 75b66a225e26a7e91d71a4f6bda08fb4  /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/config

Thanks for the explanation. Now I see a few things clearer. I still
don't know why /etc/texmf/dvips/config.builtin35 is treated differently
from /etc/texmf/dvips/config.download35, but I assume you kno what you
are doing. ;-)

cheerio
ralf