Re: Update shouldn't nuke XF86Config-4
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> What, you mean config files? Debconf does not ever, ever, write to
> config files. Ill-designed maintainer scripts might. I wish people could
> get their terminolgy right; accusing debconf of writing to a config
> file is akin to accusing readline of writing to a config file. Both
> debconf and readline just provide a mechanism for programs to prompt for
> input from the user.
Yeah, Ok. I guess I really mean I'm thankful it's debian policy to backup
config files before they are changed by a package install procedure.
I admit it. I'm loose when it come to terminology sometimes.
Paul
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