Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > two questions: > 1. My package has a password file. Where is the best place to store it? > /etc/name/password? /var/lib/name/password?
If the password file is a system configuration file (i.e., a file that can be customized by the admin to modify the behavior of the program), it belongs to /etc. Otherwise, it should be placed elsewhere. See the FHS. > 2. I have placed some file names into debian/conffiles. It seems, however, > that all files under /etc are logically added to it as well. This is a feature of dh_installdeb in debhelper compatibility levels 3 and above. cf. debhelper(1). > Files under /etc > that I explicitly list as conffiles are listed twice on > /var/lib/dpkg/info/name.conffiles after installation. This is not good, > especially if option #1 above is taken. Can anyone explain why/how to stop the > scripts from marking all files under /etc as configuration files? 1. You are confusing conffiles and configuration files. These notions are explained in the Debian Policy Manual. 2. This is probably a bad idea, but I suppose that setting DH_COMPAT to 2 or below just for the dh_installdeb invocation would do the trick. -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
