On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 11:18:23AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 12:59:25PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include <hallo.h> > > * Thomas Dickey [Sun, Jul 03 2005, 06:53:55AM]: > > > > > >I think Bill has a good point here. Ressource files like compiled > > > >terminal descriptions should not be in etc since hardly anyone edits > > > >them. Instead, they should be moved to /usr/share and links from them to > > > >/etc/terminfo/... should be created, so the local admin still has a > > > >chance to modify the files, and on the other hands the packages can work > > > >without worrying about conffiles issues. > > You aren't supposed to put links from /etc to things, was my > understanding. It's supposed to be the other way around... That's policy 10.7.2, for "if a package creates or uses configuration files outside of /etc/, and it is not feasible to modify the package to use /etc directly".
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