Re: [pkg-ntp] - where does /etc/default/ntpdate come from?

2007-12-18 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:53:39PM +0100, D. Pathirana wrote: > Dear mentors! > > I am new in Debian Package Maintaining. I try to build some packages for > my own to get a feeling how everything works. I have read a few > docs[1][2] to find a solution for a specific problem that bugs me since > d

Re: [pkg-ntp] - where does /etc/default/ntpdate come from?

2007-12-18 Thread Felipe Sateler
D. Pathirana wrote: > I've been trying to figure out how the installation process of the > package "ntpdate" works. After installation the configuration file > "/etc/default/ntpdate" is created. But: I can not find any evidence of > it being used throughout the whole debian directory in the source

Re: [pkg-ntp] - where does /etc/default/ntpdate come from?

2007-12-18 Thread Eric Cooper
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:53:39PM +0100, D. Pathirana wrote: > Actually there IS THE file in "debian/ntpdate.default" but is never > refered in the rules file or elsewhere. > > I believe it has something to do with .default suffix but I was not able > to find any docs about what and how it is goi

[pkg-ntp] - where does /etc/default/ntpdate come from?

2007-12-18 Thread D. Pathirana
Dear mentors! I am new in Debian Package Maintaining. I try to build some packages for my own to get a feeling how everything works. I have read a few docs[1][2] to find a solution for a specific problem that bugs me since days now... I would have asked the pkg-ntp-maintainers list for help but C