On 17-Jan-1998 16:52:52, David Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I today just found out, that my magicfilter violates the newest policy > by rewritting /etc/printcap, which is lpr|lprng's confile. > What would be the correct solution for this problem? Shall I require that > the lpr|lprng maintainer writes a modify-printcap command, so that I could > do a 'modify-printcap --replace if=/usr/sbin/...-filter printer'
Providing a 'modify-<conffile>' script doesn't solve the problem. The problem is that the conffile is modified without the user knowing, and the next time they install the package that provided the conffile, they get messages about replacing a modified conffile of which they've never heard, don't know what it does, and don't have any idea how to answer. (My understanding of) Current policy provides two mechanisms for package configuration files: 1. Mark it a conffile. The file should be modified only by the user, or by the package maintainer. 2. Build it as part of the post install, and possibly provide scripts for other packages to modify it. (Yes, I know lots of packages do both. They are all a real pain in the ass every time I do upgrades.) steve -- Steve Greenland
