[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Hands) wrote on 10.04.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I have one point to add to this. Handling files not mentioned > > in the *.list file was one way of several packages to handle/edit a > > common file, for example, if a bunch of packages need /etc/foo to > > exist, and foo can contain the word bar or bah, then any package, in > > the postinst, finding that /etc/foo did not exist, can question the > > user and create the file (the other packages then accept it). > > In this situation, would it not be better to have an etc-foo package, that > handles the creation of /etc/foo, and have the other packages depend upon it > ? Careful. You're about to outlaw update-alternatives. MfG Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
