-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On 31 May 1998, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> Kai> /var/list/.bin/mimencap.local /var/list/.etc/archive.txt > Kai> /var/list/.etc/help.txt /var/list/.etc/rc.archive > Kai> /var/list/.etc/rc.custom /var/list/.etc/rc.main > Kai> /var/list/.etc/rc.post /var/list/.etc/rc.request > Kai> /var/list/.etc/rc.submit /var/list/.etc/subscribe.txt > Kai> /var/list/.etc/unsubscribe.txt > > Manoj> What on earth are these files? If they are user > Manoj> configurable, how come they are in hidden directories? Why > Manoj> are they not in a subdir of /etc, with a symlink as needed? > Manoj> This seems like a bug to me. > > Those are for `smartlist'. They are `procmailrc' files. I like them > where they are, since they can be backed up as a set, separate from > "/etc/". They should be probably in /etc, to be FHS-compliant. This is already reported as a bug (Bug #10044: smartlist does not follow FHS yet). However, there is no procedure in dpkg to make it to compare md5sums from /var/list/.etc in an old package with the md5sums of a new package having the conffiles in /etc/smartlist. This means that making a smartlist package which is *both* FHS compliant and compatible with the previous release is going to be a little bit "tricky", because just copying configuration files in the preinst would be sub-optimal. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNXJnHiqK7IlOjMLFAQGdGwP/Rc4lPfudftLUs/WockvwR/Rrc3pPY437 LzY6o4HnOzsTPZt02gEPZ3st32WnbIqaisdWOU9bTauIpvbLepYi+ymLR0XXIcOK rjQyTKLFBfCjGG37XVNQc4Ntpvg50LEjNhLjF6uUK4fAbgnpv+O7FJYmDUbggL3M tXCdldz3nVc= =cQG3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
