On Mon, Jan 19 1998 14:20 CST Steve Greenland writes: > Providing a 'modify-<conffile>' script doesn't solve the problem. Why not?
> 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. At least not with magicfilter: the filter doesn't simply work with an properly set up /etc/printcap... But the situation is still not optimum. David -- David Frey (51F35923114FC864 7D05FF173C61EFDE) Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer
