On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 01:35:37PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > However, with more recent versions of Debconf, this will cease working > > since later Debconf versions don't use $HOME any more to determine > > from where to read .debconfrc, but uses getpwuid($>) which will always > > point to /root/.debconfrc for package installations, reducing > > ..debconfrc to just another place to put the system-wide debconf > > configuration. > > Hardly, since not only root may run debconf. I have very good reasons > for making debconf not look at $HOME for .debconfrc.
I can understand that. Please document the reasons, and do not use the ~ notation for something that behaves differently than most other programs. And please hand the local administrator people enough rope to hang themselves. > In the situation you describe, I would add a me-root user with the > settings I typically use as root. A second user with uid 0 will trigger a lot of security guards. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
