-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Dennis,
On 23.11.2011 11:48, Dennis van Dok wrote: >> In case a sensible default is not possible, then ship without a config >> file, and offer to generate one based on debconf answers if the file >> does not exist. > > This sounds like a reasonable approach. I should probably do this with > ucf as Alexander suggested. please mind the exact wording here. A "configuration file" is not the same as a "conffile" in Debian. Note, you are not allowed to modify a conffile at any time. When using a debhelper any file your package installs in /etc is automatically marked as conffile. As such, you must not touch it (§ 10.7.3) at all, nor is any other package or configuration program allowed to touch it. If you want to modify the configuration of your package at installation time, you can do so by creating a configuration file your program expects _at installation time_ in the maintainer script but it must not be part of the package itself. To preserve user changes or do a graceful updates of your dynamically created configuration files, you may then manage your changes through ucf as Alexander suggested. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOzPZ0AAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtcakP/RbU3OjHW/WEqte0wp8r6hdr uMxSuidbgHd6l67gm1oMSspbRRpSNv2aqYI6HsvhtJMpsfYIBKk5pex/LauC9aav 8kU7rcxz/a/YWTrdEWawfPLiO8PV6ZQ6UA5DFNp9aMUKSKsf6eS5h8dhaWBJkq37 N2CXZ8x9IdEqzQpHJqzT3RwwKHoPIzGZI/DUyTp5M4gvZXETWnvshhFy59q/hIch 7t2KCsHfXZP1UwN/kzpI7PYu5VKqCAhZcwzCrRVpZKkeCNZVzEdsxJ+JsJH+0iCx 04Np9oFX6G3nRpsyoz0ZfRfA42iXHv6wqD84Gw77E2osgJiaTcybqlriyBm1NQEn jZ9zfIGpw8om/84jdK3zp6Vq7w6PFYJ10F/66eE23Sd3hOx40koRLGJWc/4m+6ZI 0p6nHuHzDsG4KbLlEwpBd++wxvQ5j1xdaqpnxUN0QZ2JcE2jF/tMgzq3y7XekHWf 2J/bEKuEalPJQCtfZQx/NCX0YBvB6kZ33liP7MMUtvqNTKIxxDome7FUvbQIi72A 8S+L/pDiBob4kL2X0P3iQTNyP74yrtJDEDXzXvgMN4No09ubQhJJvBcsV5wDexy8 xdzRFQ4SqqxojCb+Yb1xiGtptEhwAQKUTqM6L1EIsykg/URq8XBJt7bGGEvp7sqo MLsjyptEicS53LFh0txt =8QfZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
