Bob Hilliard wrote: > I believe that part of policy was put in for a purpose, and I > think it has legitimate uses. A developer who uses it must be careful > to avoid harmful consequences, but in some cases it is necessary to > avoid disrupting messages during installation, and to avoid user > surprise.
You're missing the point. All of this is possible without making the files be conffiles, or in the package at all. Just generate them in the postinst if they don't exits. -- see shy jo
