On 19 Nov 1998, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Why not, but why does debstd provide the possibilitry of modifying : > > - /etc/aliases > > - /etc/syslog.conf > > - /etc/inetd.conf > > - /etc/services > > - /etc/inittab > > - /etc/protocols > > - /etc/profile > > - /etc/modules > > - /etc/X11/window-managers > > - probably some others > > > > It seems to me unlogical since debstd should help the developers > > to follow the Debian Policy... Should we consider that debstd is out of > > date ? > > It was written before it was against policy to modify conffiles, and it is > not being kept up to date with policy. If you want a policy complient > debstd, install debhelper and use dh_debstd (or just use debhelper ;-).
This is not the only thing you can do. You may also report bugs against debmake as you find them, as Adam Di Carlo did. (Thanks, Adam, I didn't notice this). I'll fix this bug before slink release. -- "070197d0dcbd2445a40803d6f7c97f3f" (a truly random sig)
