Ben Collins wrote:
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 05:32:12PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
OK, almost there. But one quickie:
The sentence:
A package may not modify a conffile of another package.
was replaced by something better, but I'm not sure what the conclusion
was. How about:
OK, almost there. But one quickie:
The sentence:
A package may not modify a conffile of another package.
was replaced by something better, but I'm not sure what the conclusion
was. How about:
The maintainer scripts of a package may not modify a conffile of
_any_ package, including the one
Hi,
Kai == Kai Henningsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
They're now in the debian-policy package, as
/usr/doc/debian-policy/proposal.*
The wording is weird, because it is written as a proposal.
Kai Aah. It should maybe be copied to doc/package-developer
Kai (ftp.debian.org). Given that
On 03-Aug-99, 11:56 (CDT), Kai Henningsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I second this. BTW, where are the policy changing rules written down? I
just looked and couldn't find them.
They're now in the debian-policy package, as
/usr/doc/debian-policy/proposal.*
The wording is weird, because it is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Greenland) wrote on 04.08.99 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 03-Aug-99, 11:56 (CDT), Kai Henningsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I second this. BTW, where are the policy changing rules written down? I
just looked and couldn't find them.
They're now in the debian-policy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Greenland) wrote on 17.07.99 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
BTW, both this proposal (#40766) and the general clean-up proposal
(#40767) are currently stalled with only one official seconder (Joey
Hess). I'd guess that Hamish generally approves...but unless I get at
least one
On Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 08:08:36PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote:
Why is a program in the package allowed to change a conffile but not
the postinst? The final result is the same: dpkg might ask if I want to
replace the configuration file when I upgrade the package.
I, for example, maintain
On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 12:44:17PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote:
So if this update-inetd program modifies a conffile, I am not allowed to
call it from my postinst? What's the reason for such a program then?
inetd.conf is _not_ a conffile. Actually, dpkg does not know about it at all:
[9:16pm]
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
inetd.conf is _not_ a conffile.
Ok, now I understand. In a previous mail you once wrote conffile
when you probably meant configuration file which is not a conffile and
this was causing somy of my confusion. Sorry for this!
--
Stefan Gybas
Steve Greenland wrote:
What Hamish was pointing out is that it's okay to use emacs or vi or
icepref to modify configuration files and even conffiles. The policy
proposal was in no way meant to imply that you can't write programs to
modify conffiles (either general or specific), just that they
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
* the maintainer scripts should not alter the conffile of ANY package,
including the one the scripts belong to.
* the program itself in the package may modify the conffiles of other
packages (eg if the program is an editor or dotfiles-type package).
Why is a
On 17-Jul-99, 13:08 (CDT), Stefan Gybas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
* the maintainer scripts should not alter the conffile of ANY package,
including the one the scripts belong to.
* the program itself in the package may modify the conffiles of other
packages
4.7.4. Sharing configuration files
--
Only packages that are tagged _conflicting_ with each other may
specify the same file as `conffile'.
A package may not modify a conffile of another package.
Perhaps this last line should be changed to
On 11-Jul-99, 19:58 (CDT), Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
4.7.4. Sharing configuration files
--
Only packages that are tagged _conflicting_ with each other may
specify the same file as `conffile'.
A package may not modify a
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 08:39:18PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
On 11-Jul-99, 19:58 (CDT), Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
4.7.4. Sharing configuration files
--
Only packages that are tagged _conflicting_ with each other may
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