Scripsit Peter Samuelson > [Henning Makholm] > > Do you mean that every package that offers to edit conffiles based on > > debconf questions is policy-buggy?
> 'conffile' is dpkg jargon that has a specific meaning: configuration > files that dpkg handles specially w/r/t upgrades and removals. Editing > a conffile at install time makes no sense. Of course it would have to be done a preinst time, before dpkg starts unpacking the new version. > If you want to edit a configuration file, don't ship it as a > conffile - in fact, don't ship it at all. You seem to be missing the entire context of the conversation. Please read back in the thread. -- Henning Makholm "What has it got in its pocketses?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
