At 0:28 +0200 5/5/02, Daniel Lutz wrote: >Hello > >A user of the autofs package did send a bug report (Bug#145768) >about problems with a manually changed /etc/modules.conf file. >The problem is that update-modules fails in the postinst script. > >There are two possibilities: > >1. Don't catch the error and let the installation of the package > fail. >2. Catch the error in the postinst script and inform the user > about the error. > >My favour would be the first possibility, since the Debian system >assumes that a manually changed /etc/modules.conf file is a >bad idea. The postinst script of the modutils package tells the user: > >------------------------------------------------------------ [big snip]
You probably missed yesterday a mail, it said: A user should never change the /etc/modules.conf file, as warned at the beginning of the file. He should create or modify files in /etc/modutils/ and launch update-modules, which is the good(tm) way. Don't waste your ( and our ) time on repairing mistakes of an user. It is better to educate him. Geert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
