On Thursday 15 September 2005 20:33, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: --cut-- > > I see nothing in Policy 6, Policy 10, or FHS which > > answers the question, so either I am just not seeing it > > or I am looking in the wrong place. If W.B. or others > > wish to comment, I would be interested in what they had > > to say, because I am considering a future package which > > would pose exactly this kind of problem. Thanks. > > Would there be a problem with shipping the package with a file of the > same name and size 0, then have the postinst generate the file and > replace the empty file with the new file? That also helps keeps things > consistent as dpkg will automatically remove the generated file on > package removal or purge.
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