On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 12:45:09PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: > 2. Files like /etc/hosts, which are install-specific. The sysadmin is > expected to change them, and should not be automagically changed without the > sysadmin knowing. > > Case 1 and 2 should be conf files, but case 3 should not.
I think the second case should also not be a conffile. Any file which is unusable in a default state provided initially by the package should either be fixed to be usable, or not be a conffile. In the latter case, if a file doesn't exist, the postinst script should just copy over an example that wouldn't be able to harm the user, i.e. everything in the file commented out. /etc/chatscripts/provider would need to be a conffile, but it absolutely needs to be edited, simply because the installation can't guess the phone number of user's ISP. (this might be handled better, by asking a question, but never mind that now :) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification [please cc: any replies]
