Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just link it to the right file. Warren
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 10:46:52PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote: > I'm packaging my own program (http://www.lickey.com/flipit/) and have a > question about configuration files. > > Section 11.7.3 of the Debian Policy Manual states that the configuration > files in /etc must be left alone by the maintainer scripts if it is > marked a conffile: > > The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration > file a conffile. This is appropriate only if it is possible to > distribute a default version that will work for most installations, > although some system administrators may choose to modify it. This > implies that the default version will be part of the package > distribution, and must not be modified by the maintainer scripts > during installation (or at any other time). > > So I'm left in a situation where: > > - Policy forbids me from editing the /etc/flipit.conf if I mark it a > conffile. > - The program won't work if /etc/flipit.conf isn't edited. > - I really do want to make it a conffile, so the user is notified of > future options. > - I really do want to ask the user what serial port to use when the > thing is installed. > > How do I best resolve this paradox? > > -- > matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
