On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Luk Claes wrote: > Package: base-files > Severity: wishlist > > Hi > > Automatically changing etc/issue is not policy compliant for the moment > as one needs to edit a conffile. > > A solution might be to create etc/issue in the maintainerscripts so it's > no conffile anymore...
I don't quite understand what you want to achieve here. Files in /etc *are* to be changed, conffiles or not. The file /usr/share/doc/base-files/FAQ explains why it is not feasible for base-files to update /etc/issue automatically and accurately. In fact, it is not possible for *any* package to update it accurately. For example, I think it is pretty obvious that people will not reinstall base-files every time they change /etc/apt/sources.list, so I don't see the benefit of creating /etc/issue in the postinst, but if you think the FAQ is not clear enough, I would be willing to improve it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
