In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ean Schuessler writes: >It would be interesting if dpkg had a generic database of files and where it >thought that they should be placed. This way you could pump generic tar >output into it and it would place the files in their proper Debian-friendly >positions. Perhaps it could keep a database of common configuration files.
One problem with this that I think would crop up all-too-often would be where the tar file and dpkg disagree about the proper locations and some file in the tar file has a compiled-in default. Mike. -- "Don't let me make you unhappy by failing to be contrary enough...."
