On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Max Bowsher wrote: > Is it valid to try to divert a conffile?
No. It's known to be unsafe. > If not, are there any other tricks that can be used to distribute a set > of conffile customizations in a package? It depends, adapt the package so that it can obtain configuration from multiple files (like /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/) and have the new package provide some files in that directory. If that doesn't work, then you have to manually replace/generate the configuration file but you're not allowed to do it automatically, you should at least ask the user a confirmation with debconf. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
